Messaoud Benantar

Access Control Systems Messaoud Benantar Softcover Reprint of Hardcover 1st Ed. 2006 edition

Marc Notes: Originally published: 2006.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; Providing an introduction to the foundations of programming systems security, delving into identity management, trust models, and the theory behind access control models, this is a resource for setting scopes of implementations with respect to the formal models of access control systems. Review Quotes: From the reviews: "This book on access control systems centers on security, identity management, and trust models. The book includes adequate references and a handy index. The coverage of topics in the book is satisfactory. The book will be useful for those who wish to go deep into mechanisms for access control. It may be used for advanced courses in information security. Practitioners and university students are likely to benefit from reading it. I recommend this book as a useful reference for access control." (S. V. Nagaraj, Computing Reviews, December, 2006) Review Quotes: From the reviews: "This book on access control systems centers on security, identity management, and trust models. The book includes adequate references and a handy index. The coverage of topics in the book is satisfactory. The book will be useful for those who wish to go deep into mechanisms for access control. It may be used for advanced courses in information security. Practitioners and university students are likely to benefit from reading it. I recommend this book as a useful reference for access control." (S. V. Nagaraj, Computing Reviews, December, 2006) Jacket Description/Back: Access Control Systems: Security, Identity Management and Trust Models provides a thorough introduction to the foundations of programming systems security, delving into identity management, trust models, and the theory behind access control models. The book details access control mechanisms that are emerging with the latest Internet programming technologies, and explores all models employed and how they work. The latest role-based access control (RBAC) standard is also highlighted. This unique technical reference is designed for security software developers and other security professionals as a resource for setting scopes of implementations with respect to the formal models of access control systems. The book is also suitable for advanced-level students in security programming and system design. Description for Sales People: Access control is a method of allowing and disallowing certain operations on a computer or network system. This book details access control mechanisms that are emerging with the latest Internet programming technologies. It provides a thorough introduction to the foundations of programming systems security as well as the theory behind access control models. The author explores all models employed and describes how they work. This work can be used by security software developers as a technical reference, as well as a resource for setting scopes of implementations with respect to the formal models of access control systems. Review Quotes: From the reviews: "This book on access control systems centers on security, identity management, and trust models. The book includes adequate references and a handy index. The coverage of topics in the book is satisfactory. The book will be useful for those who wish to go deep into mechanisms for access control. It may be used for advanced courses in information security. Practitioners and university students are likely to benefit from reading it. I recommend this book as a useful reference for access control." (S. V. Nagaraj, Computing Reviews, December, 2006)"Table of Contents: Foundations of Security and Access Control in Computing.- to Identity-Management Models.- Elements of Trust Paradigms in Computing.- Mandatory-Access-Control Model.- Discretionary-Access Control and the Access-Matrix Model.- The Take-Grant Protection Model.- The Schematic-Protection Model.- Role-Based Access Control. Review Quotes: From the reviews: "This book on access control systems centers on security, identity management, and trust models. The book includes adequate references and a handy index. The coverage of topics in the book is satisfactory. The book will be useful for those who wish to go deep into mechanisms for access control. It may be used for advanced courses in information security. Practitioners and university students are likely to benefit from reading it. I recommend this book as a useful reference for access control." (S. V. Nagaraj, Computing Reviews, December, 2006)"

Contributor Bio:  Benantar, Messaoud Benantar is a development member for the Component Broker Connector for IBM. He is a Senior Software Engineer at IBM in Austin, Texas.