A Framework for Multiple Authorization Types in a Healthcare Application System

  • Authors:
  • R. Chandramouli

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ACSAC '01 Proceedings of the 17th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

In most of the current authorization frameworks inapplication systems, the authorization for a user operationis determined using a static database like ACL entries orsystem tables. These frameworks cannot provide thefoundation for supporting multiple types of authorizationslike Emergency Authorizations, Context-basedAuthorizations etc, which are required in many verticalmarket systems like healthcare application systems. In thispaper we describe a dynamic authorization frameworkwhich supports multiple authorization types. We use theacronym DAFMAT (Dynamic Authorization Frameworkfor Multiple Authorization Types) to refer to thisframework. The DAFMAT framework uses a combinationof Role-based Access Control (RBAC) and Dynamic TypeEnforcement (DTE) augmented with a logic-drivenauthorization engine. The application of DAFMAT forevaluating and determining various types of authorizationrequests for the Admissions, Discharge and TransferSystem (ADT) in a healthcare enterprise is described.