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NIST SP 800-204B

Attribute-based Access Control for Microservices-based Applications using a Service Mesh

Date Published: August 2021

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli (NIST), Zack Butcher (Tetrate), Aradhna Chetal (TIAA)

Abstract

Keywords

attribute-based access control; authentication policy; authorization policy; CI/CD; DevSecOps; JSON web token; microservices-based application; mutual TLS; next generation access control; policy enforcement point; role-based access control; service mesh; service proxy; zero trust
Control Families

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Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-204B
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Supplemental Material:
None available

Publication Parts:
SP 800-204
SP 800-204A
SP 800-204C
SP 800-204D

Document History:
01/26/21: SP 800-204B (Draft)
08/06/21: SP 800-204B (Final)