An Experiment in Database Access Control.

Abstract

To prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information, contemporary data-management systems may require redundant hardware, software, and data. In a military environment, where information is classified and users must have specific access clearances, the lack of automated enforcement of administrative control and the tendency toward overclassification can further increase hardware, software, and data requirements. A naval database was created for an experimental data-secure system to show that the system's advanced features can help solve real-world access-control problems and eliminate related hardware, software and data redundancy. Typical scenarios which characterize multilevel access-control requirements in a real military environment were devised and tested on the system. The experience from demonstration of the system relates to the general area of access control in database-management systems. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 16, 1978
Accession Number
ADA054189

Entities

People

  • David K. Hsiao
  • Frank A. Manola

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Application Software
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Management
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Environment
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Military Research
  • Ocean Surveillance
  • Operating Systems

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Software Engineering.