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Protection against broken access

3 ways to control access to data in your system

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Written by Marie Claire Saliba
Updated over 11 months ago

A broken access control vulnerability is one where a user has unauthorised access to data in an application. Unauthorised access occurs when authentication checks are not properly configured. Attackers exploit broken access control so that they can access sensitive files and data.

Here are three ways you can control who has access to data in your system:

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