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Access control for an operating system determines how the operating system implements accesses to system resources by satisfying the security objectives of integrity, availability, and secrecy. Such a mechanism authorizes subjects (e.g., processes and users) to perform certain operations (e.g., read, write) on objects and resources of the OS (e.g., files, sockets).
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Operating system is the main software between the users and the computing system resources that manage tasks and programs. Resources may include files, sockets, CPU, memory, disks, timers, network, etc. System administrators, developers, regular users, guests, and even hackers could be the users of the computing system. Information security is an important issue for an operating system due to its...
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Cankaya, H.C. (2011). Access Control from an OS Security Perspective. In: van Tilborg, H.C.A., Jajodia, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5906-5_769
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