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David Ferraiolo (Fed)

Group Manager for Secure Systems and Applications Group, Computer Scientist

Publications

Attribute Considerations for Access Control Systems

Author(s)
Chung Tong Hu, David F. Ferraiolo, David Kuhn
Attribute-based access control systems rely upon attributes to not only define access control policy rules but also enforce the access control. Attributes need

Access Control for Emerging Distributed Systems

Author(s)
Chung Tong Hu, David R. Kuhn, David F. Ferraiolo
As big data, cloud computing, grid computing, and the Internet of Things reshape current data systems and practices, IT experts are keen to harness the power of
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Patents

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Next Generation Access Control System and Process for Controlling Database Access

NIST Inventors
Joshua Roberts, Gopi Katwala, David Ferraiolo and
Patent Description The Policy Machine is an access control framework that served as the basis for the development of an American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS – the central U.S. forum dedicated to creating technology
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Created October 9, 2019, Updated June 15, 2021