activity
20192024
most citedThe Queen's Guard: A Secure Enforcement of Fine-grained Access Control In Distributed Data Analytics Platforms

2.5k citations · 2.8k across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

cs.CR2024

Ruledger: Ensuring Execution Integrity in Trigger-Action IoT Platforms

Jingwen Fan, Yi He, Bo Tang +2

Smart home IoT systems utilize trigger-action platforms, e.g., IFTTT, to manage devices from various vendors. However, they may be abused by triggering malicious rule execution wit…

cs.CR2023★ 1 cited

The ACAC_D Model for Mutable Activity Control and Chain of Dependencies in Smart and Collaborative Systems

Tanjila Mawla, Maanak Gupta, Safwa Ameer +1

With the integration of connected devices, artificial intelligence, and heterogeneous networks in IoT-driven cyber-physical systems, our society is evolving as a smart, automated,…

cs.CR2022★ 8 cited

Machine Learning in Access Control: A Taxonomy and Survey

Mohammad Nur Nobi, Maanak Gupta, Lopamudra Praharaj +3

An increasing body of work has recognized the importance of exploiting machine learning (ML) advancements to address the need for efficient automation in extracting access control…

cs.CR2022★ 11 cited

BlueSky: Activity Control: A Vision for "Active" Security Models for Smart Collaborative Systems

Tanjila Mawla, Maanak Gupta, Ravi Sandhu

Cyber physical ecosystem connects different intelligent devices over heterogeneous networks. Various operations are performed on smart objects to ensure efficiency and to support a…

cs.CR2022★ 63 cited

Toward Deep Learning Based Access Control

Mohammad Nur Nobi, Ram Krishnan, Yufei Huang +2

A common trait of current access control approaches is the challenging need to engineer abstract and intuitive access control models. This entails designing access control informat…

cs.CR2021

Edge Centric Secure Data Sharing with Digital Twins in Smart Ecosystems

Glen Cathey, James Benson, Maanak Gupta +1

Internet of Things (IoT) is a rapidly growing industry currently being integrated into both consumer and industrial environments on a wide scale. While the technology is available…

cs.CR2021★ 2.5k cited

The Queen's Guard: A Secure Enforcement of Fine-grained Access Control In Distributed Data Analytics Platforms

Fahad Shaon, Sazzadur Rahaman, Murat Kantarcioglu

Distributed data analytics platforms (i.e., Apache Spark, Hadoop) provide high-level APIs to programmatically write analytics tasks that are run distributedly in multiple computing…

cs.CR2021

Towards Activity-Centric Access Control for Smart Collaborative Ecosystems

Maanak Gupta, Ravi Sandhu

The ubiquitous presence of smart devices along with advancements in connectivity coupled with the elastic capabilities of cloud and edge systems have nurtured and revolutionized sm…

cs.CR2021

Reachability Analysis for Attributes in ABAC with Group Hierarchy

Maanak Gupta, Ravi Sandhu

Attribute-based access control (ABAC) models are widely used to provide fine-grained and adaptable authorization based on the attributes of users, resources, and other relevant ent…

cs.CR2020★ 125 cited

Secure V2V and V2I Communication in Intelligent Transportation using Cloudlets

Maanak Gupta, James Benson, Farhan Patwa +1

Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) is a vision which offers safe, secure and smart travel experience to drivers. This futuristic plan aims to enable vehicles, roadside transpo…

cs.CR2019★ 6 cited

Secure Cloud Assisted Smart Cars Using Dynamic Groups and Attribute Based Access Control

Maanak Gupta, James Benson, Farhan Patwa +1

Future smart cities and intelligent world will have connected vehicles and smart cars as its indispensable and most essential components. The communication and interaction among su…