scholarly journals Role-Mining Optimization with Separation-of-Duty Constraints and Security Detections for Authorizations

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Sun ◽  
Shiwei Wei ◽  
Huaping Guo ◽  
Hongbing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Access Control ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Role Based Access Control ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Role Mining ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Separation Of Duty ◽  
Role Based ◽  
The Given

Role-based access control (RBAC), which has been regarded as one of the most popular access-control mechanisms, is featured by the separation-of-duty constraints, mutually exclusive constraints, and the least-privileges principle. Role mining, a bottom-up role-engineering technology, is an effective method to migrate from a non-RBAC system to an RBAC system. However, conventional role-mining approaches not only do not consider the separation of duty constraints, but also cannot ensure the security of a constructed RBAC system when the corresponding mined results violate the separation of a duty constraint and/or the least-privileges principle. To solve these problems, this paper proposes a novel method called role-mining optimization with separation-of-duty constraints and security detections for authorizations (RMO_SODSDA), which mainly includes two aspects. First, we present a role-mining-optimization approach for satisfying the separation of duty constraints, and we constructed different variants of mutually exclusive constraints to correctly implement the given separation of duty constraints based on unconstrained role mining. Second, to ensure the security of the constructed system and evaluate authorization performance, we reduced the authorization-query problem to a maximal-satisfiability problem. The experiments validate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed method.

An Access Control Framework for WS-BPEL processes

2010 ◽  
pp. 492-515
Author(s):  
Federica Paci ◽  
Elisa Bertino ◽  
Jason Crampton
Keyword(s):  
Access Control ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Control Model ◽  
Role Based Access Control ◽  
Control Framework ◽  
New Type ◽  
Separation Of Duty ◽  
Role Based ◽  
Bpel Processes

Business processes –the next generation workflows- have attracted considerable research interest in the last fifteen years. More recently, several XML-based languages have been proposed for specifying and orchestrating business processes, resulting in the WS-BPEL language. Even if WS-BPEL has been developed to specify automated business processes that orchestrate activities of multiple Web services, there are many applications and situations requiring that people be considered as additional participants that can influence the execution of a process. Significant omissions from WS-BPEL are the specification of activities that require interactions with humans to be completed, called human activities, and the specification of authorization information associating users with human activities in a WS-BPEL business process and authorization constraints, such as separation of duty, on the execution of human activities. In this chapter, we address these deficiencies by introducing a new type of WS-BPEL activity to model human activities and by developing RBAC-WS-BPEL, a role based access control model for WS-BPEL and BPCL, a language to specify authorization constraints.

Access Control in Mobile and Ubiquitous Environments

2010 ◽  
pp. 1481-1497
Author(s):  
Laurent Gomez ◽  
Annett Laube ◽  
Alessandro Sorniotti
Keyword(s):  
Access Control ◽  
User Authentication ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Role Based Access Control ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Mobile Environment ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Role Based ◽  
Resource Constrained Devices

Access control is the process of granting permissions in accordance to an authorization policy. Mobile and ubiquitous environments challenge classical access control solutions like Role-Based Access Control. The use of context-information during policy definition and access control enforcement offers more adaptability and flexibility needed for these environments. When it comes to low-power devices, such as wireless sensor networks, access control enforcement is normally too heavy for such resource-constrained devices. Lightweight cryptography allows encrypting the data right from its production and the access is therefore intrinsically restricted. In addition, all access control mechanisms require an authenticated user. Traditionally, user authentication is performed by means of a combination of authentication factors, statically specified in the access control policy of the authorization service. Within ubiquitous and mobile environment, there is a clear need for a flexible user authentication using the available authentication factors. In this chapter, different new techniques to ensure access control are discussed and compared to the state-of-the-art.

Use of Purpose and Role Based Access Control Mechanisms to Protect Data Within RDBMS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-91
Author(s):  
Suraj Krishna Patil ◽  
Sandipkumar Chandrakant Sagare ◽  
Alankar Shantaram Shelar
Keyword(s):  
Access Control ◽  
Privacy Preservation ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Sensitive Information ◽  
Role Based Access Control ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Sensitive Data ◽  
Access To Resources ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Role Based

Privacy is the key factor to handle personal and sensitive data, which in large chunks, is stored by database management systems (DBMS). It provides tools and mechanisms to access and analyze data within it. Privacy preservation converts original data into some unknown form, thus protecting personal and sensitive information. Different access control mechanisms such as discretionary access control, mandatory access control is used in DBMS. However, they hardly consider purpose and role-based access control in DBMS, which incorporates policy specification and enforcement. The role based access control (RBAC) regulates the access to resources based on the roles of individual users. Purpose based access control (PuBAC) regulates the access to resources based on purpose for which data can be accessed. It regulates execution of queries based on purpose. The PuRBAC system uses the policies of both, i.e. PuBAC and RBAC, to enforce within RDBMS.

scholarly journals Precursors of Role-Based Access Control Design in KMS: A Conceptual Framework

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 334
Author(s):  
Gabriel Nyame ◽  
Zhiguang Qin
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Access Control ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Role Based Access Control ◽  
Role Mining ◽  
Role Based

Role-based access control (RBAC) continues to gain popularity in the management of authorization concerning access to knowledge assets in organizations. As a socio-technical concept, the notion of role in RBAC has been overemphasized, while very little attention is given to the precursors: role strain, role ambiguity, and role conflict. These constructs provide more significant insights into RBAC design in Knowledge Management Systems (KMS). KMS is the technology-based knowledge management tool used to acquire, store, share, and apply knowledge for improved collaboration and knowledge-value creation. In this paper, we propose eight propositions that require future research concerning the RBAC system for knowledge security. In addition, we propose a model that integrates these precursors and RBAC to deepen the understanding of these constructs. Further, we examine these precursory constructs in a socio-technical fashion relative to RBAC in the organizational context and the status–role relationship effects. We carried out conceptual analysis and synthesis of the relevant literature, and present a model that involves the three essential precursors that play crucial roles in role mining and engineering in RBAC design. Using an illustrative case study of two companies where 63 IT professionals participated in the study, the study established that the precursors positively and significantly increase the intractability of the RBAC system design. Our framework draws attention to both the management of organizations and RBAC system developers about the need to consider and analyze the precursors thoroughly before initiating the processes of policy engineering, role mining, and role engineering. The propositions stated in this study are important considerations for future work.

Role-Engineering Optimization with Cardinality Constraints and User-Oriented Mutually Exclusive Constraints

Information ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Sun ◽  
Hui Su ◽  
Hongbing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Access Control ◽  
Optimization Problems ◽  
Engineering System ◽  
Role Based Access Control ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Engineering Optimization ◽  
Cardinality Constraint ◽  
Cardinality Constraints ◽  
Role Mining ◽  
Clustering Problem

Role-based access control (RBAC) is one of the most popular access-control mechanisms because of its convenience for management and various security policies, such as cardinality constraints, mutually exclusive constraints, and user-capability constraints. Role-engineering technology is an effective method to construct RBAC systems. However, mining scales are very large, and there are redundancies in the mining results. Furthermore, conventional role-engineering methods not only do not consider more than one cardinality constraint, but also cannot ensure authorization security. To address these issues, this paper proposes a novel method called role-engineering optimization with cardinality constraints and user-oriented mutually exclusive constraints (REO_CCUMEC). First, we convert the basic role mining into a clustering problem, based on the similarities between users and use-partitioning and compression technologies, in order to eliminate redundancies, while maintaining its usability for mining roles. Second, we present three role-optimization problems and the corresponding algorithms for satisfying single or double cardinality constraints. Third, in order to evaluate the performance of authorizations in a role-engineering system, the maximal role assignments are implemented, while satisfying multiple security constraints. The theoretical analyses and experiments demonstrate the accuracy, effectiveness, and efficiency of the proposed method.

An Improved Task and Role-Based Access Control Model with Multi-Constraint

2015 ◽  
Vol 713-715 ◽  
pp. 2532-2535
Author(s):  
Bao Yi Wang ◽  
Wen Xue Zhang ◽  
Shao Min Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Access Control ◽  
Control Design ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Role Based Access Control ◽  
Workflow System ◽  
Power Enterprise ◽  
Role Based ◽  
Access Control Management ◽  
The Given ◽  
Control Management

A combination of Task and Role-based Access Control with multi-constraint is put forward in this paper. It is designed to solve problem of access control management about collaborators in workflow system, whose difficulties lie in complex authorization and low users efficiency. It combines the tasks and roles, classifies tasks, simplifies permissions management, defines the mutually exclusive roles and binding tasks and formulates dynamic users allocation policies by establishing a users execution history table to improving the efficiency. Finally, a specific dynamic access control design is given for electric power enterprise equipment maintenance management workflow, the given example shows that the model and algorithm satisfies the principle of least permission and separation of duties and ensures the workflow system to execute tasks safely and efficiently.

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