Mandatory Access Control

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
MAC
Pronunciation
/ˈmændəˌtɔri ˈækˌsɛs kənˈtroʊl/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
Military

Examples in Context

  1. Mandatory access control and role-based access control are relatively new to the Linux kernel.
  2. This type of control is called mandatory access control ( MAC ).
  3. This paper presents three mainstream access control strategies : discretionary access control, mandatory access control and role-based access control, and compares with each other.
  4. Instead, NSA has long wanted operating systems to also support " mandatory access control "( MAC ) mechanisms.
  5. It is a form of mandatory access control.

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