A rule-based framework for role based delegation

  • Authors:
  • Longhua Zhang;Gail-Joon Ahn;Bei-Tseng Chu

  • Affiliations:
  • UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC;UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC;UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

  • Venue:
  • SACMAT '01 Proceedings of the sixth ACM symposium on Access control models and technologies
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

In current role-based systems, security officers handle assignments of users to roles. However, fully depending on this functionality may increase management efforts in a distributed environment because of the continuous involvement from security officers. The emerging technology of role-based delegation provides a means for implementing RBAC in a distributed environment with empowerment of individual users. The basic idea behind a role-based delegation is that users themselves may delegate role authorities to other users to carry out some functions on behalf of the former. This paper presents a role-based delegation model called RDM2000 (role-based delegation model 2000), which is an extension of RBDM0 by supporting hierarchical roles and multi-step delegation. The paper explores different approaches for delegation and revocation. Also, a rule-based language for specifying and enforcing the policies based on RDM2000 is introduced.