A categorisation of policy conflicts in distributed systems and network management. (28th May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mitropoulos, Sarandis; Gouglidis, Antonios; Giotsas, Vasileios
• Is Part Of: International journal of information privacy, security and integrity. Volume 4:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 276
• Page End: 295
• Publication Date: 2021-05-28
• Subjects: management policy -- policy hierarchy analysis -- policy conflicts -- open distributed processing -- model checking -- PlusCal; Computer security -- Periodicals; Computer networks -- Access control -- Periodicals; Information technology -- Security measures -- Periodicals; Data protection -- Periodicals; Privacy, Right of -- Periodicals; 005.805
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1741-8496

Abstract

Policy conflict detection in distributed systems and network management is a crucial issue that strongly influences the management efficiency. In this paper, after investigating thoroughly the related approaches on management policy conflict categorisation, a new systematic categorisation is proposed that is based on four main perspectives, namely, modality, manageability, interoperability and system specification. Subsequently, an organisational network structure that is managed through policies depicts the high applicability of our approach in policy conflict detection, while implementation examples are also given. Finally, conclusions and future work are discussed.