Role Engineering: Methods and Standards

Coyne, Edward; Weil, Timothy; Kuhn, Richard

doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2011.105

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Journal Article

Role Engineering: Methods and Standards

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Published: December 8, 2011
Citation: IT Professional vol. 13, no. 6, (November-December 2011) pp. 54-57

Author(s)

Edward Coyne, Timothy Weil, Richard Kuhn

Abstract

This article explains problems and approaches to designing permission structures for role based access control. RBAC and the RBAC standard are summarized, common approaches to role engineering described, and the current status and plans for the INCITS role engineering standard are explained.

Keywords

role based access control; role engineering; security standards

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Publication:
https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2011.105

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Document History:
12/08/11: Journal Article (Final)