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Access Control and Trust
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What is Access Control and Trust?
Access Control and Trust is a research cluster examining trust and reputation systems, role-based access control, and security mechanisms in online environments including P2P networks and electronic communities.
This field covers trust management, reputation models, access control policies, and their applications in semantic web and multi-agent systems, with 37,601 works published. Role-based access control (RBAC) simplifies security administration in large systems, as outlined in foundational models. Trust systems address challenges in P2P networks by evaluating peer reliability through algorithms like Eigentrust.
Topic Hierarchy
Research Sub-Topics
Role-Based Access Control Models
This sub-topic develops formal RBAC models including core, hierarchical, and constrained variants with NIST standards. Researchers analyze policy specification, administration, and implementation in enterprise systems.
Eigentrust Reputation Algorithm
This sub-topic extends the Eigentrust method for computing global trust scores in P2P networks using eigenvector centrality. Researchers address pre-trust issues, attack resilience, and scalability in decentralized systems.
Swift Trust Formation
This sub-topic examines rapid trust development in temporary teams and virtual organizations under time pressure. Researchers study antecedents, processes, and outcomes across disciplines like management and sociology.
PeerTrust Reputation Framework
This sub-topic covers personalized trust models in P2P communities incorporating similarity, community context, and transaction feedback. Researchers evaluate performance in electronic marketplaces and multi-agent systems.
Trust Management Surveys
This sub-topic synthesizes comparative analyses of trust and reputation systems for online service provision and semantic web. Researchers classify models by domain, metrics, and challenges like collusion resistance.
Why It Matters
Access control and trust mechanisms enable secure management of information in distributed systems. In P2P networks, the Eigentrust algorithm by Kamvar et al. (2003) combats inauthentic file spread by computing reputation scores from peer feedback, supporting reliable file-sharing with 3332 citations. RBAC models by Sandhu et al. (1996) reduce administrative complexity in large-scale systems, influencing NIST standards proposed by Ferraiolo et al. (2001) with 2496 citations for standardized authorization. These approaches underpin security in cloud computing, as addressed by Zissis and Lekkas (2010) with 1821 citations, and reputation-based trust in P2P communities via PeerTrust by Xiong and Liu (2004) with 1772 citations.
Reading Guide
Where to Start
"Not So Different After All: A Cross-Discipline View Of Trust" by Rousseau et al. (1998), as it provides a foundational, accessible analysis of trust definitions across disciplines, essential before diving into technical access control.
Key Papers Explained
Rousseau et al. (1998) "Not So Different After All: A Cross-Discipline View Of Trust" establishes core trust concepts, which Sandhu et al. (1996) "Role-based access control models" applies to computational security through RBAC frameworks. Ferraiolo et al. (2001) "Proposed NIST standard for role-based access control" standardizes these models for practical deployment. Kamvar et al. (2003) "The Eigentrust algorithm for reputation management in P2P networks" extends trust to P2P via algorithmic reputation, complemented by Xiong and Liu (2004) "PeerTrust: Supporting Reputation-Based Trust for Peer-to-Peer Electronic Communities" with contextual enhancements.
Paper Timeline
Most-cited paper highlighted in red. Papers ordered chronologically.
Advanced Directions
Research builds on RBAC standards and P2P trust algorithms, with applications to cloud security as in Zissis and Lekkas (2010) "Addressing cloud computing security issues". Jøsang et al. (2005) "A survey of trust and reputation systems for online service provision" synthesizes ongoing developments in service-oriented trust.
Papers at a Glance
| # | Paper | Year | Venue | Citations | Open Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not So Different After All: A Cross-Discipline View Of Trust | 1998 | Academy of Management ... | 9.9K | ✕ |
| 2 | Role-based access control models | 1996 | Computer | 5.7K | ✕ |
| 3 | The Eigentrust algorithm for reputation management in P2P netw... | 2003 | — | 3.3K | ✕ |
| 4 | A survey of trust and reputation systems for online service pr... | 2005 | Decision Support Systems | 3.3K | ✓ |
| 5 | Proposed NIST standard for role-based access control | 2001 | ACM Transactions on In... | 2.5K | ✓ |
| 6 | Security Policies and Security Models | 1982 | — | 2.1K | ✕ |
| 7 | Swift Trust and Temporary Groups | 1996 | — | 1.9K | ✕ |
| 8 | Addressing cloud computing security issues | 2010 | Future Generation Comp... | 1.8K | ✕ |
| 9 | Role-Based Access Control | 2002 | Elsevier eBooks | 1.8K | ✕ |
| 10 | PeerTrust: Supporting Reputation-Based Trust for Peer-to-Peer ... | 2004 | IEEE Transactions on K... | 1.8K | ✕ |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is role-based access control?
Role-based access control (RBAC) simplifies security administration by assigning permissions to roles rather than individual users. Sandhu et al. (1996) describe four reference models for RBAC, which received renewed attention for large systems. Ferraiolo et al. (2001) proposed NIST standards building on these models for consistent authorization management.
How does the Eigentrust algorithm work in P2P networks?
The Eigentrust algorithm computes a global reputation score for peers using local trust values derived from interaction history. Kamvar et al. (2003) developed it to detect and mitigate inauthentic files in open P2P file-sharing networks. It leverages eigenvector centrality to aggregate trustworthy peer opinions.
What are key trust models in online communities?
Trust models in online service provision include reputation systems that aggregate feedback for reliability assessment. Jøsang et al. (2005) surveyed these systems, highlighting their role in decision support. PeerTrust by Xiong and Liu (2004) supports reputation-based trust in P2P electronic communities through contextual factors like transaction scope.
Why is multidisciplinary trust research important?
Multidisciplinary views unify trust definitions across fields like psychology and economics. Rousseau et al. (1998) analyzed trust as cause, effect, or moderator in organizational contexts, cited 9865 times. This cross-discipline perspective aids consistent application in security and social systems.
What is swift trust in temporary groups?
Swift trust emerges in temporary groups through quick provisional acceptance based on categories and roles. Meyerson et al. (1996) examined it in high-velocity environments like project teams. It differs from chronic trust by relying on real-time cues rather than long-term history.
How do security policies relate to access control?
Security policies define restrictions on information access, modification, or deletion in computer systems. Goguen and Meseguer (1982) formalized models for policy specification and verification. These foundations support RBAC implementations in modern environments.
Open Research Questions
- ? How can trust models integrate multidisciplinary definitions for consistent application across organizational and computational systems?
- ? What metrics best capture interaction context in P2P reputation systems to improve accuracy over eigenvector-based methods?
- ? How do role hierarchies in RBAC scale to dynamic environments like cloud computing without increasing administrative overhead?
- ? In what ways can swift trust principles extend to automated multi-agent systems for rapid security policy negotiation?
- ? Which policy specification languages most effectively enforce security models in semantic web applications?
Recent Trends
The field encompasses 37,601 works on trust, reputation, and access control in P2P networks and online communities, with high citation classics like Rousseau et al. at 9865 citations and Sandhu et al. (1996) at 5747 citations indicating sustained influence.
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