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Relationship-Based Access Control (ReBAC)

Relationship-based access control (ReBAC) determines access from the relationship between a subject and a resource or between connected entities.

Relationship-based access control (ReBAC) determines access from the relationship between a subject and a resource or between connected entities. Examples include a patient's assigned clinician, a document's project team or a record's case owner.

ReBAC suits collaborative and graph-shaped environments where roles alone are too broad. IGA must govern the sources, ownership and lifecycle of the relationships used in decisions.