Modeling Enterprise Authorization: A Unified Metamodel and Initial Validation

Authorization and its enforcement, access control, have stood at the beginning of the art and science of information security, and remain being crucial pillar of security in the information technology (IT) and enterprises operations. Dozens of different models of access control have been proposed. A...

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Main Authors: Matus Korman, Robert Lagerström, Mathias Ekstedt
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Language:English
Published: Riga Technical University Press 2016-07-01
Series:Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly
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Online Access:https://csimq-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/1398
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description Authorization and its enforcement, access control, have stood at the beginning of the art and science of information security, and remain being crucial pillar of security in the information technology (IT) and enterprises operations. Dozens of different models of access control have been proposed. Although Enterprise Architecture as the discipline strives to support the management of IT, support for modeling access policies in enterprises is often lacking, both in terms of supporting the variety of individual models of access control nowadays used, and in terms of providing a unified ontology capable of flexibly expressing access policies for all or the most of the models. This study summarizes a number of existing models of access control, proposes a unified metamodel mapped to ArchiMate, and illustrates its use on a selection of example scenarios and two business cases.
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spelling doaj-art-058babd2ece14e1b998c7460de00a0d02025-08-20T03:55:28ZengRiga Technical University PressComplex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly2255-99222016-07-010712410.7250/csimq.2016-7.01811Modeling Enterprise Authorization: A Unified Metamodel and Initial ValidationMatus Korman0Robert Lagerström1Mathias Ekstedt2Software Systems Architecture and Security Research Group, Department of Electric Power and Energy Systems, Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldas väg 10 100 44, StockholmSoftware Systems Architecture and Security Research Group, Department of Electric Power and Energy Systems, Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldas väg 10 100 44, StockholmSoftware Systems Architecture and Security Research Group, Department of Electric Power and Energy Systems, Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldas väg 10 100 44, StockholmAuthorization and its enforcement, access control, have stood at the beginning of the art and science of information security, and remain being crucial pillar of security in the information technology (IT) and enterprises operations. Dozens of different models of access control have been proposed. Although Enterprise Architecture as the discipline strives to support the management of IT, support for modeling access policies in enterprises is often lacking, both in terms of supporting the variety of individual models of access control nowadays used, and in terms of providing a unified ontology capable of flexibly expressing access policies for all or the most of the models. This study summarizes a number of existing models of access control, proposes a unified metamodel mapped to ArchiMate, and illustrates its use on a selection of example scenarios and two business cases.https://csimq-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/1398Access controlauthorizationenterprise architectureEA modeling
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Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly
Access control
authorization
enterprise architecture
EA modeling
title Modeling Enterprise Authorization: A Unified Metamodel and Initial Validation
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title_short Modeling Enterprise Authorization: A Unified Metamodel and Initial Validation
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authorization
enterprise architecture
EA modeling
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