Session details: Access control

The concept of session, the context under which a user accesses resources is very important to apply access control. We present first the Controlled Access Session pattern for describing how sessions can limit the rights of a user. We then combine this ...

Access control models have traditionally included mandatory access control (or lattice-based access control) and discretionary access control. Subsequently, role-based access control has been introduced, along with claims that its mechanisms are general ...

This article presents access control from a general and a role-based perspective. The article's focus is role based Access Control from a practical vice a theoretical perspective. The article starts with some access control definitions and two secure ...