Why RBAC Is Still A Big Deal In 2024
Search Security, Friday, November 22nd, 2024
The financial cost of a data breach is often catastrophic. In 2023 alone, IBM reported the average cost of a data breach was $4.45 million globally.
Of these breaches, a significant 82% involve human error, privilege misuse, or social attacks like phishing. This is where role-based access control (RBAC) comes into play, offering a way to minimize such risks by ensuring users only have access to assets necessary for their roles.
Formalized by NIST in 1992, RBAC has long been a standard approach to managing access to critical assets and data, particularly for enterprises managing a large pool of employees. By limiting unnecessary access to critical systems and data, RBAC effectively shrinks the attack surface, reducing the likelihood of privilege escalation and lateral movement by malicious actors.