The Algebra of Security

Abstract

We develop a general framework in which various mandatory access control security models that allow changes in security levels can be formalized. These models form a Boolean Algebra. We expand the framework to include models that allow n-person rules necessary for discretionary access controls in an industrial security setting. The resulting framework is a distributive lattice.

(https://open-measure.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/resumedraft.action?draftId=1230667789, p. 12)

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Citation

McLean, J., 1988. The Algebra of Security. Proceedings. 1988 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2–7. https://doi.org/10.1109/SECPRI.1988.8092