Organizing MLS databases from a data modelling point of view

Author

Pernul, Günther ; Quirchmayr, Gerald

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Eng., Wien Univ., Austria

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

96

Lastpage

105

Abstract

The conceptual and logical design of multilevel secure (MLS) database applications are treated in an integrated way. For the conceptual design, a powerful semantic data model is suggested in order to represent the data and security semantics of the application domain. For the logical design, a two-phase approach is developed. Phase one consists of the transformation of the database conceptualization into multilevel relational concepts, while phase two is concerned with integrity management. Enforcing the integrity in MLS databases is known to be a difficult task. Careful data modelling is a necessary prerequisite in order to arrive at consistent and secure MLS applications

Keywords

data integrity; data structures; database management systems; database theory; security of data; systems analysis; conceptual design; data modelling; database conceptualization; integrity management; logical design; multilevel relational concepts; multilevel secure database applications; security semantics; semantic data model; two-phase approach; Data engineering; Data models; Data security; Design engineering; Information security; Multilevel systems; Organizing; Prototypes; Relational databases; Spatial databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Security Applications Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 10th Annual

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6795-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSAC.1994.367317

Filename

367317