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Glossary

A practical glossary for understanding the technologies behind modern identity, security, and access control.

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Audit Logs

Learn how audit logs enhance security, support compliance, and power identity management

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Deprovisioning

Learn why deprovisioning is critical to security, compliance, and customer trust and how to do it right.

Discretionary Access Control (DAC)

Learn how DAC works, where it fits in modern systems, and why it often needs support from stronger models.

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Identity Governance and Administration (IGA)

Discover how Identity Governance and Administration manages digital access, boosts security, and simplifies compliance

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Mandatory Access Control (MAC)

Explore how MAC works, when to use it, and how to avoid the developer bottlenecks it can create.

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Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)

Explore how Password Authentication Protocol works, where it falls short, and what to use instead.

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reCAPTCHA

Explore how reCAPTCHA works, why it's still widely used, and what to consider as bots get smarter.