> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://infisical.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Access control

> Decide who reaches which secrets, and what has to happen before a value changes.

Access control lets you define the paths an [identity](/docs/documentation/platform/identities/overview) can reach and which changes need review from another person before they're accepted.

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  <Card title="Secret validation rules" icon="check-double" href="/docs/documentation/platform/secret-validation-rules">
    Reject a value that doesn't match the naming or format you expect.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Approval workflows" icon="code-pull-request" href="/docs/documentation/platform/pr-workflows">
    Send changes to a sensitive environment through review first.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Access requests" icon="hand" href="/docs/documentation/platform/access-controls/access-requests">
    Let someone ask for access, and let someone else grant it.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Folder-level access controls" icon="lock" href="/docs/documentation/platform/access-controls/folder-rbac">
    Give a role inside one folder rather than the whole environment.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>