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Gopi Katwala (Fed)

Computer Scientist

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Patents (2018-Present)

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Achieving Out-of-the-box Fine-Grained Access Control in Databases by enforcing and embedding Next Generation Access Control (m-NGAC) right in databases

NIST Inventors
Gopi Katwala and David Ferraiolo
m-NGAC brings a global solution for RDBMSs by enabling automatic installation of Next Generation Access Control (NGAC) directly into the database, offering out-of-the-box fine-grained database access control. NGAC facilitates building and storing Access control policies, which will be then accessed
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Next Generation Access Control System and Process for Controlling Database Access

NIST Inventors
Joshua Roberts , Gopi Katwala and David Ferraiolo
Provides a universal access control layer between applications and DBMSs, following a standardized ABAC model (NGAC*) that is a) DBMS-agnostic, b) does not require modification of the DBMS software, and c) can enforce types of access policies and at a granularity not typically available in database
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Created May 31, 2018, Updated December 8, 2022
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