SP 800-162, Guide to Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) Definition and Considerations

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data-date-type="citation">January 2014 (includes updates as of 08-02-2019)</span><br/> </p> <p> <strong>Supersedes:</strong> <span id="pub-supersedes-container" data-total="1"> <a href="/web/20230924062812/https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/162/upd1/final" id="pub-supersedes-0">SP 800-162 (02/25/2019)</a> </span><br/> </p> <h4>Author(s)</h4> <p id="pub-authors-container" data-total="7"> <span id="pub-author-0">Vincent Hu (NIST)</span>, <span id="pub-author-1">David Ferraiolo (NIST)</span>, <span id="pub-author-2">Richard Kuhn (NIST)</span>, <span id="pub-author-3">Adam Schnitzer (BAH)</span>, <span id="pub-author-4">Kenneth Sandlin (MITRE)</span>, <span id="pub-author-5">Robert Miller (MITRE)</span>, <span id="pub-author-6">Karen Scarfone (Scarfone Cybersecurity)</span> </p> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-success pub-abstract-callout"> <h4 id="pubs-abstract-header">Abstract</h4> <div class="hidden-sm hidden-xs hidden-xxs" id="pub-detail-abstract-info"><p>This document provides Federal agencies with a definition of attribute based access control (ABAC). ABAC is a logical access control methodology where authorization to perform a set of operations is determined by evaluating attributes associated with the subject, object, requested operations, and, in some cases, environment conditions against policy, rules, or relationships that describe the allowable operations for a given set of attributes. This document also provides considerations for using ABAC to improve information sharing within organizations and between organizations while maintaining control of that information.</p></div> <div class="hidden-lg hidden-md"> <div id="pub-detail-abstract-min"> This document provides Federal agencies with a definition of attribute based access control (ABAC). ABAC is a logical access control methodology where authorization to perform a set of operations is determined by evaluating attributes associated with the subject, object, requested operations, and,... <a href="#pubs-abstract-header" id="pub-detail-abs-show">See full abstract</a> </div> <div id="pub-detail-abstract-all" style="display: none;"> <p>This document provides Federal agencies with a definition of attribute based access control (ABAC). ABAC is a logical access control methodology where authorization to perform a set of operations is determined by evaluating attributes associated with the subject, object, requested operations, and, in some cases, environment conditions against policy, rules, or relationships that describe the allowable operations for a given set of attributes. This document also provides considerations for using ABAC to improve information sharing within organizations and between organizations while maintaining control of that information.</p><br/> <a href="#pubs-abstract-header" id="pub-detail-abs-hide">Hide full abstract</a> </div> </div> <h4>Keywords</h4> <span id="pub-keywords-container" data-total="7"> <span id="pub-keyword-0">access control</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-1">access control mechanism</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-2">access control model</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-3">access control policy</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-4">attribute based access control (ABAC)</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-5">authorization</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-6">privilege</span> </span> </div> <h5>Control Families</h5> <p> <span id="pub-control-fam-container" data-total="1"> <span id="pub-control-fam-0">Access Control</span> </span> </p> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-12"> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-success" id="pubs-documentation"> 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