Research Article
Enhanced security management for flexible and dynamic cooperative environments
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.COLLABORATECOM2009.8377 , author={Jonas Schulte and Ingo D\o{}pke and Reinhard Keil and Konrad Stark and Johann Eder}, title={Enhanced security management for flexible and dynamic cooperative environments}, proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications, Worksharing}, proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM}, year={2009}, month={12}, keywords={Application software Authorization Collaborative work Containers Engineering management Environmental management Internet Knowledge engineering Knowledge management Security}, doi={10.4108/ICST.COLLABORATECOM2009.8377 } }
- Jonas Schulte
Ingo Döpke
Reinhard Keil
Konrad Stark
Johann Eder
Year: 2009
Enhanced security management for flexible and dynamic cooperative environments
COLLABORATECOM
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.COLLABORATECOM2009.8377
Abstract
This paper deals with the challenge to create an authorization and authentication infrastructure for virtual knowledge spaces. Virtual knowledge spaces are a concept to build up flexible and adjustable environments for cooperative work and learning processes. When developing authorization concepts for virtual knowledge spaces, different boundary conditions have to be considered. Basically, we identify the specific requirements for the creation of coherent and intuitive rules to reduce the administrative complexity to a minimum and prevent mistakes. Furthermore we turn attention to flexibility of the authorization infrastructure as well as performance issues. The rights management described in this paper ought to fulfill these requirements.