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NIST SP 800-162

Guide to Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) Definition and Considerations

Date Published: January 2014

Author(s)

Vincent Hu (NIST), David Ferraiolo (NIST), Richard Kuhn (NIST), Adam Schnitzer (BAH), Kenneth Sandlin (MITRE), Robert Miller (MITRE), Karen Scarfone (Scarfone Cybersecurity)

Abstract

Keywords

access control model; access control policy; attribute based access control (ABAC); authorization; privilege; access control mechanism; access control
Control Families

Access Control

Documentation

Publication:
SP 800-162 (Jan. 2014) (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Related NIST Publications:
SP 800-178
IR 8112
IR 8112 (Draft)
Book

Document History:
01/16/14: SP 800-162 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

access authorization, access control