Terminology
Take a quick look at the common terms used in the context of Security platform.
This table lists the terms and their usage in the context of our Security model.
This diagram illustrates the relationship between these elements of the Reltio security model, which we explain in more detail in section Authorization.
| Term | Meaning |
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| Customer | A Reltio customer account is associated with one or more customer definitions. Each customer definition has a specific set of users, roles, groups, and tenants that can't be shared with other customers. In some scenarios for complex organizations, a single organization may have two or more customer definitions. For example: if an organization wants to completely separate user management in two regions, this organization will have two different customers with different sets of users, tenants, and administrators. |
| Group | A group is a collection of user accounts. The group contains:
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| Permission | Permission is the access to a specific functionality, provided to a user through a role. It is a combination of services, resources, sub-resources and privileges. |
| Privilege | Privilege is an operation that can be taken on a service, resource or sub-resource. Privileges include Create, Read, Update, Delete, and Execute. |
| Resource | Resource refers to a unique functionality supported by a service. A resource can have one or more sub-resources. |
| Role | A Role is a combination of access permissions for one or more services, resources or sub-resources. Roles can be associated with users, groups, and/or tenants. |
| Service | A service is a collection of resources that provide specific features and functionalities in the Reltio Data Cloud. |
| Tenant | A tenant is a virtual workspace that stores your organization's data in the Reltio Data Cloud. Each Tenant has a unique identification number and data is strictly separated between them. Users from the same customer can access any their organization's tenants depending on the permissions they have. |
| User | A user is an account profile that represents a specific individual in the Reltio Data Cloud. The user account contains:
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