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What is RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)?
Definition
Role-Based Access Control is a method of restricting system access based on the roles assigned to individual users within an organization. Rather than granting permissions directly to each user, permissions are grouped into roles (e.g., admin, editor, viewer) and users are assigned the appropriate role.
Why It Matters
Engram uses RBAC to ensure that team members only access the organizational knowledge they are authorized to see, maintaining information boundaries even within a shared knowledge system.