Supporting Attribute-based Access Control with Ontologies

  • Authors:
  • Torsten Priebe;Wolfgang Dobmeier;Nora Kamprath

  • Affiliations:
  • Capgemini Consulting Osterreich AG Lassallestrabe 9b, A-1020 Vienna, Austria;University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany;University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany

  • Venue:
  • ARES '06 Proceedings of the First International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

In highly open systems like the Internet, attribute-based access control (ABAC) has proven its appropriateness. The specification and maintenance of ABAC policies however has turned out to be complex and error-prone, especially if heterogeneous attribute schemes are involved. Here, the arising Semantic Web can contribute to a solution. This paper presents an approach based on an extension of the established XACML standard. It simplifies the policies by providing an ontology-based attribute management facility.