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Semantic security: specification and enforcement of semantic policies for security-driven collaborations.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19593058     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Collaborative research can often have demands on finer-grained security that go beyond the authentication-only paradigm as typified by many e-Infrastructure/Grid based solutions. Supporting finer-grained access control is often essential for domains where the specification and subsequent enforcement of authorization policies is needed. The clinical domain is one area in particular where this is so. However it is the case that existing security authorization solutions are fragile, inflexible and difficult to establish and maintain. As a result they often do not meet the needs of real world collaborations where robustness and flexibility of policy specification and enforcement, and ease of maintenance are essential. In this paper we present results of the JISC funded Advanced Grid Authorisation through Semantic Technologies (AGAST) project (www.nesc.ac.uk/hub/projects/agast) and show how semantic-based approaches to security policy specification and enforcement can address many of the limitations with existing security solutions. These are demonstrated into the clinical trials domain through the MRC funded Virtual Organisations for Trials and Epidemiological Studies (VOTES) project (www.nesc.ac.uk/hub/projects/votes) and the epidemiological domain through the JISC funded SeeGEO project (www.nesc.ac.uk/hub/projects/seegeo).
Authors:
R O Sinnott; T Doherty; N Gray; J Lusted
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Studies in health technology and informatics     Volume:  147     ISSN:  0926-9630     ISO Abbreviation:  Stud Health Technol Inform     Publication Date:  2009  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-07-13     Completed Date:  2009-09-29     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9214582     Medline TA:  Stud Health Technol Inform     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  201-11     Citation Subset:  T    
Affiliation:
National e-Science Centre, University of Glasgow, UK. r.sinnot@nesc.gla.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Access to Information*
Biomedical Research*
Cooperative Behavior*
Organizational Policy*
Semantics*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
//Medical Research Council

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