Project Objectives
- Investigate the capabilities of the NIST Next Generation Access Control (NGAC) model in supporting fine-grained, dynamic, and policy-driven access control across collaborative, multi-institutional research environments.
- Demonstrate how NGAC can be integrated with workflow modeling to enforce context-aware access policies that adapt in real time to evolving user roles, project stages, and data sensitivity within Research Computing Infrastructures (RCI).
- Explore real-world use cases where NGAC effectively governs sensitive data access, encryption management, and resource provisioning, including the synchronization of workflows and policy attributes to ensure secure, consistent, and compliant operations.
Project Summary
Figure: NGAC based Workflow High-Level Architecture
This project investigates the features of the NIST Next Generation Access Control (NGAC) model and its suitability for securing collaborative research environments. It explores how NGAC enables dynamic, fine-grained access control by adapting policies in real time based on user roles, data sensitivity, and workflow context. The project also examines successful use cases where NGAC is integrated with workflow systems to ensure secure, policy-compliant operations across Research Computing Infrastructures (RCI).
Our Team
Faculty Member
Students
Abhimanyu Chawla
Mahmoud Abdelgawad