security context
Java
An object that encapsulates the shared state information regarding security between two entities.
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Microsoft Exchange 2003
The security attributes or rules that are currently in effect. For example, the rules that govern what a user can do to a protected object are determined by security information in the user's access token and in the object's security descriptor. Together, the access token and the security descriptor form a security context for the user's actions on the object. [Exchange 2003]
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Microsoft Exchange 5.5
An aspect of Windows NT Server that controls the type of access a user, process, or service has to system services. [Exchange 5.5]
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Microsoft Active Directory
The security attributes or rules that are currently in effect. For example, the rules that govern what a user can do to a protected object are determined by security information in the user's access token and in the object's security descriptor. Together, the access token and the security descriptor form a security context for the user's actions on the object.