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Access Management

Access management is the set of processes, policies, and controls that govern authentication and authorization to digital resources in an enterprise, supporting least-privilege enforcement, regulatory compliance, centralized policy control, and consistent access to applications, APIs, and infrastructure across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

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  • 67 companies
  • Most covered: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Carahsoft, Itential

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curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"access-management"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

REST

GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/cc0a2b54-2173-4327-a2ae-089168e05f67

CLI

di get-glossary --slug access-management

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