Best practices for creating ACLs in Adobe Experience Manager
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This article outlines recommended best practices for creating and managing Access Control Lists (ACLs) in Adobe Experience Manager to ensure secure and effective permission management.
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- Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), all versions
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Guidance is needed on best practices for creating and managing ACLs within AEM. No specific errors or stack traces are reported. The focus is on secure and effective permission management.
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Follow the steps below to manage ACLs effectively in Adobe Experience Manager:
- Review the AEM documentation on Access Control Management and familiarize yourself with users, groups, and permissions in AEM.
- Assign only the minimum permissions necessary for each user or group to perform their tasks, following the principle of least privilege.
- Create groups based on roles or responsibilities and assign permissions to groups rather than individual users to simplify management.
- Set permissions as high in the content hierarchy as possible, but as low as necessary to avoid excessive access. Inherit permissions where possible to reduce complexity.
- Periodically review permissions to ensure they are still appropriate, and remove unused users, groups, or unnecessary permissions.
- Maintain documentation of permission structures and any changes for future reference and audits.
- Before applying changes in production, validate them in a staging or development environment to prevent accidental access issues.
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