Functiegerechte
Functiegerechte is a term used in information security and organizational governance to denote the rights that are assigned to a function (or role) within a system. The concept rests on binding access permissions to a function rather than to individual users, which supports centralized management, auditing, and policy enforcement. In practice, functiegerechte describe what actions a function can perform on resources, such as reading, writing, approving, or deleting data.
Defining a clear catalog of functions and the corresponding rights is central. Rights are mapped to functions
A human resources manager might have functiegerechte to view payroll data and approve leave requests, but not
Functiegerechte are closely related to permissions, roles, and access control lists. They form the basis for
In German-language IT contexts, related terms such as Funktionsrechte or Funktionsberechtigungen are commonly used. The exact