Access Control / Usability

Kind: tension

Record: tension:access-control-usability

Canonical: Schema

"access-control" (security-core layer) is traded against "Usability" (security-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Usability" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Listed in Tensions, after Authorization / Policy Complexity and before Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) / Role Explosion.

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