Overview#

Contextual Attributes are the Attributes available at the current context.

Contextual Attributes are any Attribute or Attribute Values that might be used within an Access Control Service (Adaptive Policy-based Access Management) as an input for Authorization decisions (Policy Decision Point).

Contextual Attributes might include:

• Issuer (of Claim)
• Operating System Attributes
• Application Attributes
• Network Attributes
• Geolocation Attributes
• Resource Actions
• Resource Parameters
• Data Metadata
• Data Classification
• Data State
• etc.

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Adaptive Policy-based Access Management
• Application Attributes
• Claim
• Context Based Access Control
• Context Provider
• Data Metadata
• Data State
• Geolocation Attributes
• Network Attributes
• Resource Action