A secure collaborative web-based environment for virtual organisations. (23rd March 2009)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Laborde, Romain; Kamel, Michel; Wazan, Samer; Barrere, Francois; , Abdelmalek Benzekri
• Is Part Of: International journal of Web based communities. Volume 5:Number 2(2009)
• Page Start: 273
• Page End: 292
• Publication Date: 2009-03-23
• Subjects: virtual organisations -- identity federation -- attribute-based access control -- ABAC -- collaboration -- technical aeronautic specifications -- aeronautics -- privileges management -- collaborative environments; Online social networks -- Periodicals; Social media -- Periodicals; World Wide Web -- Periodicals; 302.30285
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1477-8394

Abstract

The concept of the Virtual Organisation (VO) is a natural outcome of network evolution and the growth of collaborative work tools. In the projects Value Improvement thought a Virtual Aeronautical Collaborative Enterprise (VIVACE) and Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP), we studied the different issues when setting VOs up. In this paper, we expose the requirements and characteristics of VOs through a use case where the partners produce a technical aeronautic specification, which was proposed by those consortiums. Then, we present a secured collaborative environment that we have deployed to deal with VO security constraints. It combines attribute-based access control models, privileges management infrastructure and identity federation to make VOs more dynamic.