SACMAT 2002 Panel Making Access Control More Usable

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SACMAT 2002PanelMaking Access Control More
Usable

• Ravi Sandhu
• www.list.gmu.edu

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Utility
Edison
Pasteur
Fundamental Understanding
L
H
Bohr
junk
Donald Stokes, 1997 Pasteurs Quadrant
Basic Science and Technological Innovation
L
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Usability

• Clueless

• Some commercial products
• Edison and Pasteur style research

Flexibility
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H

• Too many commercial products
• Bohr style research

• Some commercial products

L
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A FEW RANDOM THOUGHTS

• Solve the 80 problem not the 120 problem
• Integrate with existing systems
• IT infrastructure
• Software development
• Cannot ignore administration
• Access control is primarily about administration
• Cannot ignore design and engineering
• Access control is not done in a vacuum
• We need lots of good research to move forward
• Need good coverage of Edison, Pasteur and Bohr
  style research