Centrally Administered COIs Using Cross-Organizational Trust

Abstract

We study collaboration among different organizations using the idea of a community of interest (COT). We consider not just sharing of data, but collaboration requiring tight integration of all elements of the collaborating organizations. Current niodels for COTs have shortcomings that limit their applicability to real-world situations. Our previous work addresses some of these shortcomings, but its restrictive architecture limits its applicability. All resources were required to collaborate within a single domain forest. In this work, we extend the prior model with new capabilities that allow collaboration across forests.