Towards a Flexible Fine-Grained Access Control System for Modern Cloud Applications

Reza Shiftehfar, Kirill Mechitov, Gul Agha

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Abstract

The fast growth of cloud applications highlights the requirement of appropriate security controls to restrict access to shared resources limited to authorized users. Existing authorization systems are not primarily designed for cloud environments and do not provide the required flexibility, adaptability, elasticity, scalability, or fine-grainedness of cloud applications. This paper outlines an ongoing effort in development of a flexible fine-grained access control system for modern cloud-based applications. Modern cloud applications are distinctive in that the required authorization rules are defined by the organizations owning data and resources, before the application logic can be developed by their programmers. Although this simplifies cloud application development and provides flexibility and adaptability to potential future policy changes, it highlights the need for an adaptive flexible authorization system.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2014 IEEE 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing, CLOUD 2014
EditorsCarl Kesselman
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages966-967
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781479950638
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 3 2014
Event7th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing, CLOUD 2014 - Anchorage, United States
Duration: Jun 27 2014Jul 2 2014

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing, CLOUD
ISSN (Print)2159-6182
ISSN (Electronic)2159-6190

Other

Other7th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing, CLOUD 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAnchorage
Period6/27/147/2/14

Keywords

  • Actor Programming
  • Authorization
  • Cloud Application
  • Cloud Computing
  • Fine-Grained Access Control
  • Security

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Systems
  • Software

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