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Real life challenges in access-control management

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Bauer, L; Cranor, LF; Reeder, RW; Reiter, MK; Vaniea, K
Published in: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
December 1, 2009

In this work we ask the question: what are the challenges of managing a physical or file system access-control policy for a large organization? To answer the question, we conducted a series of interviews with thirteen administrators who manage access-control policy for either a file system or a physical space. Based on these interviews we identified three sets of real-world requirements that are either ignored or inadequately addressed by technology: 1) policies are made/implemented by multiple people; 2) policy makers are distinct from policy implementers; and 3) access-control systems don't always have the capability to implement the desired policy. We present our interview results and propose several possible solutions to address the observed issues. Copyright 2009 ACM.

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Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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9781605582474

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December 1, 2009

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899 / 908

Related Subject Headings

  • 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • 1503 Business and Management
  • 1202 Building
 

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Bauer, L., Cranor, L. F., Reeder, R. W., Reiter, M. K., & Vaniea, K. (2009). Real life challenges in access-control management. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings (pp. 899–908). https://doi.org/10.1145/1518701.1518838
Bauer, L., L. F. Cranor, R. W. Reeder, M. K. Reiter, and K. Vaniea. “Real life challenges in access-control management.” In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 899–908, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1145/1518701.1518838.
Bauer L, Cranor LF, Reeder RW, Reiter MK, Vaniea K. Real life challenges in access-control management. In: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. 2009. p. 899–908.
Bauer, L., et al. “Real life challenges in access-control management.” Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 2009, pp. 899–908. Scopus, doi:10.1145/1518701.1518838.
Bauer L, Cranor LF, Reeder RW, Reiter MK, Vaniea K. Real life challenges in access-control management. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. 2009. p. 899–908.

Published In

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

DOI

ISBN

9781605582474

Publication Date

December 1, 2009

Start / End Page

899 / 908

Related Subject Headings

  • 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • 1503 Business and Management
  • 1202 Building