Chapter 55

Detection of Conflicts in Security Policies

Cataldo Basile1, Matteo Maria Casalino2, Simone Mutti3, and Stefano Paraboschi3     1Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy     2SAP Research Sophia-Antipolis, Mougins, France     3Universita degli studi di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

Abstract

Tools are needed to support the analysis of the security policies, and a crucial element that signals problems in the policies is represented by the presence of conflicts (contradictions or ambiguities in the policy specification, which may lead to anomalies in the application of the policy). Several types of conflict can be identified. Each type has been the subject of significant investigation, and several approaches and techniques have been examined for their ...

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