Entitlement
An entitlement is an assigned access right, privilege set, or application-specific grant that gives a subject effective access to functions, data, or resources.
- Synonym
- Access Grant
Definition
An entitlement is an access grant that gives a user, group, account, service principal, or system the ability to access a function, dataset, role, application area, or technical capability. The term is commonly used in identity governance to describe the effective access elements that can be requested, approved, provisioned, reviewed, certified, and revoked. Entitlements may be atomic or composite, business-friendly or technical, and local to one application or derived from enterprise-wide access models. In practice, entitlement quality strongly influences access review quality and auditability.
Why it matters
Entitlements are the language of operational access governance. They determine whether access can be requested, understood, reviewed, and revoked in a controlled manner.
The Ariovis perspective
Ariovis separates governed entitlements, authentication and runtime authorization. When a decision depends on the user, resource, action and context, it should be made at the moment of use.
Common pitfalls
- A common issue is allowing entitlements to proliferate without ownership, naming discipline, business descriptions, or lifecycle governance.
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