Information Flow Based Security Control Beyond RBAC

The book shows a way of providing more refined methods of information flow control than those offered by role-based access control (RBAC). For granting access to information or resources, former or further information flow in a business process requesting this access is taken into account. The methods proposed are comparatively easy to apply and have been proven to be largely machine-executable by a prototypical realisation. As an addition, the methods are extended to be also applicable to BPEL-defined workflows in Grid and Cloud computing.ContentsCross-Organisational Deployment of Business Processes - Approaches to Specification and Enforcement of Security Policies - Analysis of Security-Relevant Semantics of BPEL - Security Policy Compliance Assessment for BPEL-Defined Processes - Extension of Methods for Security Policy Enforcement to Grid Processes and Cloud WorkflowsTarget GroupsIT Security Specialists; Chief Information Officers (CIOs); Chief Security Officers (CSOs); Security Policy and Quality Assurance Officers and Managers;Business Process and Web/Grid/Cloud Service Designers, Developers, Operational Managers; Interested Learners/Students in the Field of Security ManagementThe AuthorKlaus-Peter Fischer-Hellmann has received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Plymouth (UK) and holds an MSc in Mathematics from the University of Heidelberg. His expertise is based on more than 30 years of experience in the field of distributed applications, particularly in telecommunications. For several years now, he has been actively involved in teaching and supervising post-graduate research students at PhD level.Klaus-Peter Fischer-Hellmann has received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Plymouth (UK) and holds an MSc in Mathematics from the University of Heidelberg. His expertise is based on more than 30 years of experience in the field of distributed applications, particularly in telecommunications. For several years now, he has been actively involved in teaching and supervising post-graduate research students at PhD level.The Series IT im Unternehmen is edited by Prof. Dr. Rainer Bischoff.