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Latest revision as of 19:12, 20 September 2016
In the fields of physical security and information security, access control is the selective restriction of access to a place or other resource.
Description
The act of accessing may mean consuming, entering, or using.
Permission to access a resource is called authorization.
Locks and login credentials
Locks and login credentials are two analogous mechanisms of access control.
See also
External links
- Access control @ Wikipedia
