🔐 SECURITY & ACLS

Term Glossary

• Role

  A bag of permissions.
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• Group

  A bundle of users for assignment & roles.
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• ACL

  Access Control List rule.
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• Data Policy

  Server-side mandatory/readonly rules.
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• Elevated Role

  Grant security_admin temporarily.
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• High Security Plugin

  Tightens platform defaults.
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• Contextual Security

  ServiceNow's term for the ACL system.
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• Cross-Scope Privilege

  Allow scopes to call each other's APIs.
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• Edge Encryption

  Encrypt sensitive fields before they reach SN.
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• Field-Level Encryption

  Encrypt specific fields at rest.
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• Multi-Factor Auth

  MFA via authenticator or email.
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• SAML SSO

  Federated login via identity provider.
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• User Criteria

  Reusable audience for catalog/KB.
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• Read vs Write ACL

  Distinct rules per operation.
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• Inherited Roles

  Roles containing other roles.
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