---
id: FEAT-PFM-SEC-04
title: Access Definitions and Authorization
product_area: platform
module: security
acceptance: FAS-PFM-SEC-04
revision: 1
status: draft
product_intent: confirmed
source_sha:
  services-platform: ad3f6a6582843008ed0f5a17b131878d15829af1
  react-console: baf6dae382d6f41dce976c7f848667ccc37e076f
supersedes: []
purpose: >-
  This feature groups role and policy definitions with the authorization that uses them. Shared catalog
  releases, customer customization and source-managed assignments connect job descriptions to application
  access.
outcomes:
  - Customers can describe local jobs using released permission definitions.
  - Authorization connects current assignments to the operations they can permit.
concepts: []
actors:
  - ACT-PFM-001
  - ACT-PFM-002
  - ACT-PFM-003
  - ACT-PFM-006
capabilities:
  - CAP-PFM-SEC-012
  - CAP-PFM-SEC-013
  - CAP-PFM-SEC-014
  - CAP-PFM-SEC-015
journeys:
  - JNY-PFM-SEC-004
release: null
delivery_status: planned
---
# Access Definitions and Authorization

## Purpose

Access Definitions and Authorization groups the catalog, role definitions and request evaluation. The feature includes reusable customer definitions, built-in release definitions and automatic assignments; its children explain their meaning and the outcomes they support.