Hierarchical Security Delegation and Authorization

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Hierarchical Security Delegation and Authorization

The WITH GRANT OPTION allows a grantee to delegate their own permissions to other principals. This hierarchical model is essential for distributed security administration, allowing designated users to manage sub-permissions without requiring full administrative superuser access.

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GRANT SELECT, UPDATE (credit_limit) 
ON TABLE customer_finances 
TO risk_analyst 
WITH GRANT OPTION;

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UPDATE (credit_limit)

Restricts update privileges to a specific column, adhering to the principle of least privilege.

WITH GRANT OPTION

Empowers the user to authorize other users with the same set of privileges.

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