Definition of Resource
The terms Privileges and Resources are often used when discussing Role Based Access Control (RBAC).A resource may be defined as any of the following:
- A target system.
- A security group on a target system.
- A user attribute on a target system.
- A user profile attribute in the user provisioning system (may not be mapped to a target system, or may be mapped to several).
- A type of physical object (example: badge, token).
- A role.