Discretionary Access Control

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
DAC
Pronunciation
/dɪˈskrɛʃəˌnɛri ˈækˌsɛs kənˈtroʊl/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
Military

Examples in Context

  1. This paper presents three mainstream access control strategies : discretionary access control, mandatory access control and role-based access control, and compares with each other.
  2. The NSA found that most operating systems'security mechanisms, including Windows and most UNIX and Linux systems, only implement " discretionary access control "( DAC ) mechanisms.
  3. The first level is the traditional Discretionary Access Control(DAC) ( DAC ).
  4. Discretionary access control ( DAC ) is the primary access control mechanism that enables access to SQL objects using privileges and roles.
  5. Fine-granularity discretionary access control based on Access Control List ( ACL ) may grant authority to one user or group, but it may grant unapt authority or remove authority not timely.

Other meanings of DAC

Digital-to-Analog Conversion Computing
Digital-to-Analog Converter Academic
Digital Analog Converter Computing
Disabled Adult Child Medical
Disaster Assistance Center Medical
Dispening Alliance Contractors Medical
Dry Air Challenge Medical
Sound (TI/MIT DAC format) (byte reversed ADC file) Computing
Declare Address Constant Computing
Digital Audio Comunicator Computing