# Authorization Tests

> A technique for testing each protected operation with permitted and refused identities.

Record: `lexicon:authorization-tests`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Security Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/security-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-authorization-tests

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Penetration Testing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/penetration-testing.md) and before [Field Redaction](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/field-redaction.md).

## Category

- [Security Privacy Compliance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/security-privacy-compliance.md)

## Refactors

- [Authorization Scattering](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/authorization-scattering.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Security / Privacy / Compliance / Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-security-privacy-compliance-governance.md)