XACML Insights

What is XACML?

XACML (eXtensible Access Control Markup Language) is an OASIS standard that defines a declarative fine-grained, attribute-based access control (ABAC) policy language. It describes how to evaluate access requests according to rules defined in policies. XACML is commonly used to enforce authorization decisions across various systems and applications, allowing for centralized management and flexible policy enforcement based on attributes of the user, resource, and environment.

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What other technologies are related to XACML?

XACML Competitor Technologies

OPA

Open Policy Agent. A policy engine that can be used for authorization, similar to XACML. OPA uses Rego as its policy language.

mentioned alongside XACML in 3% (75) of relevant job posts

RBAC

Role-Based Access Control. A simpler access control model compared to XACML's attribute-based access control (ABAC). While RBAC can be implemented using XACML, it often serves as a less granular alternative.

mentioned alongside XACML in 1% (72) of relevant job posts

XACML Complementary Technologies

Entitlement Management

A broad category that includes XACML. Entitlement Management deals with managing access rights, and XACML is a technology used to implement entitlement management.

mentioned alongside XACML in 20% (58) of relevant job posts

SAML

Security Assertion Markup Language. Can be used with XACML, where SAML provides the user's attributes, and XACML uses those attributes for authorization decisions.

mentioned alongside XACML in 1% (554) of relevant job posts

SAML 2.0

A specific version of SAML. Can be used with XACML, where SAML provides the user's attributes, and XACML uses those attributes for authorization decisions.

mentioned alongside XACML in 3% (79) of relevant job posts