A survey to determine federal agency needs for a role-based access control security product

Author

Smith, Charles L., Sr.

Author_Institution

Chrysler Technol. Center, Sverdrup Technol. Inc., Auburn Hills, MI, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

1-6 Jun 1997

Firstpage

222

Lastpage

232

Abstract

This paper is an overview of a study done for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to determine what potential market there is for a role-based access control (RBAC) product. Thirty security managers from 27 large civil federal organizations were interviewed using a six-page questionnaire. Their security needs were identified and it was concluded that these organizations desired an RBAC product to complement their mandatory and discretionary access control products. The results of the main reference study (Smith et al., 1996) will be used by NIST personnel as an input to the formulation of standards for future RBAC products

Keywords

authorisation; government data processing; security of data; software standards; NIST; National Institute of Standards and Technology; discretionary access control; federal agency needs; large civil federal organizations; mandatory access control; market; personnel; questionnaire; role-based access control security product; security managers; standards; survey; Access control; Computer networks; Computer security; Guidelines; Information security; NIST; National security; Packaging; Permission; Strontium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Standards Symposium and Forum, 1997. Emerging International Standards. ISESS 97., Third IEEE International

Conference_Location

Walnut Creek, CA

ISSN

1082-3670

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7837-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SESS.1997.595975

Filename

595975