DocumentCode
1994165
Title
Reasoning about confidentiality requirements
Author
Foley, Simon N.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Coll. Cork, Ireland
fYear
1994
fDate
14-16 Jun 1994
Firstpage
150
Lastpage
160
Abstract
Reflexive flow policies provide abstract characterizations of certain multilevel confidentiality requirements. This paper describes how reflexive flow policies can be used to construct and reason about large/complex multilevel policies. In particular, we describe how reflexive policies can be used to develop and reason about security policies for multilevel relational databases. Our approach facilitates a study of the relationship between security policy design and database design
Keywords
inference mechanisms; relational databases; security of data; abstract characterizations; confidentiality requirements; database design; multilevel relational databases; reasoning; reflexive flow policies; security policies; Computer science; Data security; Educational institutions; Information security; Lattices; Mathematics; Multilevel systems; Relational databases;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Security Foundations Workshop VII, 1994. CSFW 7. Proceedings
Conference_Location
Franconia, NH
ISSN
1063-6900
Print_ISBN
0-8186-6230-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CSFW.1994.315939
Filename
315939
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