Business operations concept · updated August 8, 2026
Row-Level Security
Row-level security is a database-level security model that restricts which rows a given user can access, enforced independently of the application's own interface logic.
Example
A workspace's data being inaccessible to another workspace's users even if an application bug tried to request it, because the database itself refuses the query.
Why it matters
Enforcing access control at the database layer, not only in the interface, closes an entire category of security bugs where a client-side check is bypassed or forgotten.
Limits and cautions
Interface-level permission checks alone are not sufficient. They can be bypassed; database-level enforcement is the durable guarantee.
Relevance to Stelaah
Stelaah enforces tenant isolation using row-level security scoped by workspace at the database layer.
This connection describes product intent, not a guarantee that every plan or workflow supports every related capability.