# Role Explosion

> The degree to which roles proliferate into many narrow definitions as access requirements grow.

Record: `lexicon:role-explosion`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Security Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/security-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-role-explosion

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Policy Maintenance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/policy-maintenance.md) and before [Speed](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/speed.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [RBAC](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/role-based-access-control.md)
- [RBAC / Role Explosion](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/rbac-role-explosion.md)

## Linked from

- [Security / Privacy / Compliance / Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-security-privacy-compliance-governance.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)