access-control
Safeguard articles tagged "access-control" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
39 articles
RBAC vs. ABAC vs. ReBAC: choosing an access-control model for multi-tenant cloud apps
Google's Zanzibar paper (USENIX ATC 2019) showed relationship graphs authorizing access with sub-10ms latency at massive scale — here's when RBAC or ABAC beats it instead.
The OWASP Top 10:2025, explained with minimal fix-it code
OWASP reordered its Top 10 for 2025 — Broken Access Control is back at #1 and a new Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions category debuts at #10.
A hardening checklist for modern Drupal deployments
Drupal 7's 2025 end-of-life left unsupported sites exposed; here's a concrete checklist for module vetting, access control, and patch cadence on Drupal 10/11.
A risk framework for enterprise AI coding and agent tool rollouts
Samsung banned ChatGPT company-wide after three leaks in 20 days. A working framework for data exposure, model supply chain, and access control risk.
Why traditional AppSec still catches most enterprise AI agent bugs
OWASP's LLM Top 10 names new categories, but most enterprise agent breaches trace back to broken access control and unvalidated input — the classics.
Finding and fixing IDOR vulnerabilities in Python
Broken Object Level Authorization has held the #1 spot on the OWASP API Security Top 10 since 2019 — and Django's get_object_or_404() does nothing to stop it.
Secure multi-tenant SaaS access control patterns
Broken Access Control has topped OWASP's Top 10 for two straight cycles, found in 100% of tested apps in 2025 — most of that risk starts with one missing tenant_id check.
Securing SBOM storage and distribution in cloud environments
GitGuardian found 23.77 million secrets exposed on public GitHub in 2024 alone — an unprotected SBOM repository is the same mistake, just with your dependency tree instead.
Securing Container Registries: From Push to Pull
Your registry is the single point every image passes through — and a favorite target for attackers who want to poison many deployments at once. Here is how to lock it down end to end.
Kubernetes RBAC Security: Least Privilege That Actually Holds
Wildcard verbs, cluster-admin bindings, and forgotten service account tokens turn RBAC into a rubber stamp. Here is how to design roles that contain a breach instead of amplifying it.
Zero Trust Architecture, Explained
Zero trust replaces the trusted internal network with a model that verifies every request explicitly, regardless of where it comes from. Here's what it actually means and how to move toward it.
Authentication vs Authorization: What's the Difference?
Authentication proves who you are. Authorization decides what you're allowed to do. One is the ID check at the door; the other is the list of rooms you can enter.