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Contract RBAC in cloud computing

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Cloud computing is a fast growing field, which is arguably a new computing paradigm. In cloud computing, computing resources are provided as services over the Internet and users can access resources based on their payments. The issue of access control is an important security scheme in the cloud computing. In this paper, a Contract RBAC model with continuous services for user to access various source services provided by different providers is proposed. The Contract RBAC model extending from the well-known RBAC model in cloud computing is shown. The extending definitions in the model could increase the ability to meet new challenges. The Contract RBAC model can provide continuous services with more flexible management in security to meet the application requirements including Intra-cross cloud service and Inter-cross cloud service. Finally, the performance analyses between the traditional manner and the scheme are given. Therefore, the proposed Contract RBAC model can achieve more efficient management for cloud computing environments.

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This work was supported in part by Asia University, Taiwan, under Grant 101-asia-28, also by the National Science Council, Taiwan, Republic of China, under Grant NSC 102-2221-E-468-007.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Asia University, Taichung, 41354, Taiwan

    Hsing-Chung (Jack) Chen & Marsha Anjanette Violetta

  2. Department of Computer Science, Taipei Municipal University of Education, Taipei, 10048, Taiwan

    Cheng-Ying Yang

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Chen, HC.(., Violetta, M.A. & Yang, CY. Contract RBAC in cloud computing. J Supercomput 66, 1111–1131 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-013-1017-5

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