Access control

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

• Authorization (computer access control)‎
• Information security
• Security

External links

• Access control @ Wikipedia