White Papers

Attribute Based Access Control

Fine-grained and context-aware authorization models are now offering winning solutions that simplify access management. The combination of business-driven policy management with flexible deployment architectures means organisations are benefiting from increased control and visibility, and reduced complexity. New regulations, consumer expectations around trust, and data sharing norms are driving businesses towards newer, more state-of the-art authorization

An Intelligent Authorization Platform

Existing access authorization methods, based largely on user identity and request target characteristics, are no longer flexible or powerful enough to meet today’s demands. Globally, open banking and Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) are requiring financial institutions to open up access to back end systems and their customer data – providing tremendous opportunities to those institutions who are well placed to manage third party access to that key customer information in a controlled and efficient manner.

Symphonic Suite - Deployment Options

According to industry analysts, Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) has emerged as the leading method of implementing fine-grained and context-aware authorization. However, a successful implementation depends on being able to integrate the access control middleware within existing application architectures.