Specification and Verification of Authorization Policies for Web Services Composition

The management and maintenance of a large number of Web services is not easy and, in particular, needs appropriate authorization policies to be defined so as to realize reliable and secure Web Services. The required authorization policies can be quite complex, resulting in unintended conflicts, which could result in information leaks or prevent access to information needed. This paper proposes a logic based approach using for specifying authorization policies in Web services composition.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: CAISE
• Authors: Mohsen Rouached, Claude Godart
• Keywords: Appropriate Authorization Policies, Authorization Policies, CAISE 2007, Information Management, Web Services