1. A system that facilitates managing data within an environment, comprising: an interface component that receives a role-based model reflective of at least one position within an environment, the environment including a plurality of entities within an organized hierarchy and at least one of a business, a company, a network, an enterprise, a social network, a home, a server, an application, a machine, a device, a component, a portion of hardware, a portion of software, or a portion of the application, wherein the role-based model includes at least one role assigned to an entity of the plurality of entities, the at least one role being indicative of a position of the entity of the plurality of entities within the environment; and a role component that provides data access to the entity of the plurality of entities within the environment in accordance with the at least one role assigned to the entity of the plurality of entities.