Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Chapman, Adam Scott
Author's Email Address	chapman@cs.fsu.edu
URN	etd-04072006-213501
Title	A Dynamic, Perimeter Based, Community-Centric Access Control System
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Computer Science, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Mike Burmester Committee Chair Alec Yasinsac Committee Member Dan Schwartz Committee Member
Keywords	Computer Security Access Control Information Classification Tree Data Structures RFID
Date of Defense	2006-04-06
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This report shall discuss the threats to information and services in open systems. In it we shall provide an illustration where these threats are confronted, describe the three basic techniques of authentication, and comment on the various methods of access control. We go on to explain information compartmentalization, information disclosure policies, preventing the unauthorized modification of data, and audit logs. Finally we outline a hybrid approach for access control that incorporates strong authentication and uses an access control tree to represent privilege. Our system is real-time, perimeter based, community centric, and user friendly. The intelligent security decision that results from using an access control tree is commendably better than any current system. With our access control system we can dynamically determine capability based on real world conditions by incorporating security information from external data sources, software agents, as well as location based sensors.
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