• DocumentCode
    1072009
  • Title

    Usable Global Network Access Policy for Process Control Systems

  • Author

    Nicol, David M. ; Sanders, William H. ; Singh, Sankalp ; Seri, Mouna

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    30
  • Lastpage
    36
  • Abstract
    The Access Policy Tool (APT) verifies access policy implementation (expressed as rules) against specification of global policy—for example, policy that encodes best practice recommendations. PCS operators can use the APT to analyze their network configurations for compliance to best practice recommendations.
  • Keywords
    XML; authorisation; computer networks; operating systems (computers); process control; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication security; XMT schema; access policy tool; computer communication infrastructure security; firewall; network access policy specification; network topology; operating system; process control system; Access control; Automation; Best practices; Computer networks; Computer security; Humans; NIST; Personal communication networks; Process control; Protection; APT; Access Policy Tool; firewalls; process control security; security policy; verification;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2008.159
  • Filename
    4753671