Autho­ri­sa­tion

The allo­ca­tion of per­mis­sions. Based on per­mis­sions, autho­ri­sa­tion is granted to access resources (e. g. files, soft­ware, pay­ments, etc.) after suc­cessful iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and authentication.

See also: Authen­tifi­ca­tion