Role-Based Access Control

Role-based acces control (RBAC) is a security mechanism that has gained wide acceptance in the field because it can greatly lower the cost and complexity of securing large networked and web-based systems. Written by leading experts, this newly revised edition of the Artech House bestseller, Role-Based Control, offers practitioners the very latest details on this popular network security model. The second edition provides more comprehensive and updated coverage of access control models, new RBAC standards, new case studies and discussions on role engineering and the design of role-based systems. This authoritative book offers professionals an in-depth understanding of role hierarchies and role engineering that are so crucial to ensuring total access control with RBAC. This unique resource also covers the RBAC standard proposed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.Ferraiolo, David F. is the author of 'Role-Based Access Control ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781596931138 and ISBN 1596931132.