A Flexible and Centralized Approach for Access Control in Heterogeneous IoT Environment

Abstract

In\ufeffthis\ufeffarticle,\ufeffthe\ufeffresearchers\ufeffintroduce\ufeffa\ufeff3-level\ufeffmodel\ufefffor\ufeffsecurity\ufeffaccess\ufeffcontrol\ufeff that\ufeff comes\ufeff as\ufeff an\ufeff extension\ufeff to\ufeff ABAC.\ufeff This\ufeff extension\ufeff augments\ufeff its\ufeff structural\ufeff and\ufeff hierarchical\ufeff expressiveness\ufeff allowing\ufeff to\ufeff define\ufeff arbitrarily\ufeff complex\ufeff access\ufeff control\ufeff rules.\ufeffThe\ufeffauthors\ufeffapply\ufeffthis\ufeffmodel\ufeffto\ufeffIoT\ufeffplatforms\ufeffand\ufeffshow\ufeffhow\ufeffit\ufefffulfils\ufeffsecurity\ufeff access\ufeff control\ufeff requirements\ufeff of\ufeff these\ufeff platforms.\ufeff Finally,\ufeff a\ufeff reference\ufeff architecture\ufeff is\ufeff introduced\ufeff for\ufeff access\ufeff control\ufeff applied\ufeff to\ufeff connected\ufeff objects\ufeff and\ufeff its\ufeff implementation\ufeff details\ufeffare\ufeffpresented. KEywoRdS ABAC, Access Control, Architecture, Extension, Internet of Things, IOT, Meta Model, Rules, Security