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title: "[Whitepaper] PBAC vs RBAC: The Truth"
description: The average role-based IAM solution is still both unnecessarily complex and inflexible, requiring IT managers or admins to manually change access controls and permissions. Download this whitepaper to learn about a  new approach to authorization, ‘Policy Based Access Control'.
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### WHITEPAPER

PBAC vs RBAC Identity & Access Management Solutions: The Truth

Revolutionize Your Authorization Management with PBAC

Despite being on the market for over 30 years, the average role-based IAM solution is still both unnecessarily complex and inflexible, requiring IT managers or admins to manually change access controls and permissions.

This labor intensive approach may have been acceptable in the past, but with the growth of cloud-based services and increased regulations, enterprises can no longer afford long delays when it comes to authorization.

### Download this whitepaper to learn how to:

- Define authorization policies in simple, down to earth  language
- Set up and change roles, access, and organizational structure down to the fine-grained level
- See at a glance who is authorized to access specific resources, and under what conditions
- PlainID’s approach to authorization with ‘Policy Based Access Control'  (PBAC), and more..

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