Facilitating tenant-based customization of access and security controls in an on-demand services environment

A system comprising:

• a processor and a memory to execute instructions at the system;
• and
• a mechanism to:
• generate, by the database system, a plurality of nodes corresponding to a plurality of tenants in a multi-tenant environment, wherein a node corresponding to a tenant includes data relating to the tenant;
• accept, by the database system, a plurality of security models associated with the plurality of tenants;
• and
• configure, based on the plurality of security models, security privileges including user privileges to be assigned to the plurality of users representing the plurality of tenants.

A machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform one or more operations comprising:

• generating, by the database system, a plurality of nodes corresponding to a plurality of tenants in a multi-tenant environment, wherein a node corresponding to a tenant includes data relating to the tenant;
• accepting, by the database system, a plurality of security models associated with the plurality of tenants;
• and
• configuring, based on the plurality of security models, security privileges including user privileges to be assigned to the plurality of users representing the plurality of tenants.