A New Modeling Paradigm for Dynamic Authorization in Multi-Domain Systems

1. A New Modeling Paradigm for Dynamic Authorization in Multi-Domain SystemsMMM-ACNS, September 13, 2007 Manoj Sastry, Ram Krishnan, Ravi Sandhu Intel Corporation, USA George Mason University, USA University of Texas, San Antonio, USA

2. Outline • Introduction • Usage Scenario • Characteristics of Multi-Domain Interactions • Concept of Dynamic Attributes • UCON Background • EUCON Model & Components • Summary

3. Introduction • Emergence of mobile devices & ubiquitous n/w • Anytime, Anywhere connectivity • Mobility causes users to transcend domains • Traditional ABAC unsuitable for dynamic env • Attributes pre-defined • Extensive a-priori agreement of attribute semantics • New paradigm for modeling access control • Dynamic & Multi-domain interactions

4. Purchase Alice Usage Scenario • Alice makes a purchase of $100 at Coffee Shop • Coffee Shop provides a $10 ‘credit’ to Alice • Credit usable at multiple stores • Later, Alice uses ‘credit’ to purchase a book at Book Store Coffee Shop (CS) Book Shop (BS) Credit Credit

5. Characteristics of Multi-Domain Interactions • Subjects/Objects interact with multiple systems • E.g., Alice interacts with Coffee Shop & Book Store • Information is dynamic & transcends systems • E.g., Alice acquired a ‘credit’ at Coffee Shop & used it to buy a book at the Book Store • Prior agreement of semantics not desirable • E.g., Coffee Shop issues ‘credit’ to Alice that has to be interpreted by Book Store at authorization time; next day, Coffee Shop may issue ‘coupon’ Multi-Domain Attributes Dynamic Attributes

6. Concept of Dynamic Attributes • Not pre-defined attributes • Not attributes whose value is dynamic • New-born attributes with new name-value pairs • E.g., ‘Credit’ was dynamically created by Coffee Shop; Book Store needs to interpret the semantics when Alice uses it to buy a book

7. Usage Control Model (UCON) Background Proposed extensions to UCON -> EUCON

8. Classification of EUCON Attributes • Classification based on two factors • Time of attribute definition • Pre-defined Attributes • Dynamic Attributes • Scope of attribute definition • Local Attributes • Multi-Domain Attributes

9. EUCON Attributes: PLA, PMA, DLA • Pre-Defined Local Attributes (PLA) • Same as current notion of attributes in attribute-based access control models such as UCON • Pre-Defined Multi-Domain Attributes (PMA) • A-priori agreement of attribute semantics across multiple domains • Dynamic Local Attributes (DLA) • Dynamically created but interpretable within same domain • E.g., Coffee Shop could create an attribute ‘discount’ that is usable at a later date at the same store

10. EUCON Attributes: DMA • Dynamic Multi-Domain Attributes (DMA) • New approach to model emerging usage scenarios • Attributes created on the fly and interpretable in multiple domains at authorization time • Subject & Object Attributes can be DMA • E.g., ‘Credit’ is a new-born subject (Alice) attribute created by the Coffee Shop. Book Store interacts with CS at run time when Alice uses it to purchase a book • E.g., Alice checks in with airport security and the objects she carries gets a DMA “cleared=true”. Alice uses this DMA at the airline system to board

11. EUCON Authorizations • Rules based on subject and object attributes • Pre-defined Local Authorization • Current UCON authorization • Pre-defined Multi-Domain Authorization • Current authorization methods for multi-domain • Dynamic Local Authorization • Construction of rules based on DLA • Dynamic Multi-Domain Authorization • Construction of dynamic authorization rules by interpreting DMA • E.g., Book Store interprets ‘credit’ at runtime and constructs dynamic authorization rules

12. EUCON Obligations • Subject pre-req before access can be granted • E.g., Alice agrees to a license before she can access whitepaper • Pre-defined Local & Dynamic Obligations • Obligations on local & dynamic attributes • Pre-defined Multi-Domain Obligations • Obligations interpretable across multiple domains • Dynamic Multi-Domain Obligations • Obligations on DMA • Defined dynamically and interpreted at multiple domains • E.g., Before Alice can use ‘credit’ at Book Store, she is obligated to engage in a transaction with another Coffee Shop within the Book Store

13. EUCON Conditions • System factors held before access granted • Dynamic Multi-Domain Conditions • Conditions on DMA interpretable at multiple domains • E.g., Book Store could dynamically discover a condition on using ‘credit’ such that current ‘credit’ usage on all Coffee Shop systems is not > $1000

14. Extended UCON (EUCON)

15. Summary • Emergence of mobile & dynamic apps • Users transcend domains in mobile env. • Current access control models unsuitable • New paradigm for dynamic, multi-domain • Proposed extensions to UCON - EUCON

16. Thank You!

17. BACKUP

18. Related Work • Damiani, Vimercati & Samarati identify reqs • Similar to our requirements for a mobile env. • Survey extensions proposed for other models; however, our concept of DMA is different • Covington & Sastry have proposed CABAC • Authorization policies based entirely on attributes • Transaction attributes defined in this work is similar to our pre-defined multi-domain attributes

19. Background: Continuity & Mutability