Concept - Open and Closed Policies
| Closed policy | Open policy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rule | only allows accesses that are specifically authorized | allows all accesses except those expressly prohibited |
| Slide verdict | ”most useful and most used" | "useful in some applications” |
(s.9)
Also on s.9: administrative policies specify who can add, delete or modify authorization rules and also need access control and other mechanisms to enforce them.
Added context
The closed policy matches the “fail-safe default” idea in your Chapter 1 notes (access based on permission), but the slides do not draw that link.
Related: Concept - Least Privilege, Concept - Access Control. Appears in 04 Access Control - Chunk 01 (s.1-28).