ID Number: G00214941



Guidance Framework: Enabling Applications for Externalized Authorization
13 September 2011
 
Bob Blakley  

How should organizations modify their applications and infrastructure to externalize authorization to eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML)-based policy decision points (PDPs)?





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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Summary of Findings
  • Guidance Context
    • Problem Statement
    • Guidance Applicability
  • The Gartner Approach
  • Externalizing Authorization Guidance Framework
    • Step 1: Pre-work
    • Step 2: Decide Whether to Adopt XACML
      • Deciding Whether to Adopt XACML
    • Step 3: Decide How to Adopt XACML
      • Option 1: Externalization via API
      • Option 2: Externalization via Proxy
      • Option 3: Externalization via Container
      • Choosing a XACML Implementation Pattern
    • Step 4: Decide Where to Locate PDPs
    • Step 5: Follow Up
  • Conclusion
  • Recommended Reading
  • Revision History
Figures
Figure 1.
XACML Adoption Decision Procedure
Figure 2.
Externalization via API
Figure 3.
Externalization via Vendor API
Figure 4.
Externalization via Enterprise Authorization Framework API
Figure 5.
Externalization via Proxy
Figure 6.
Externalization via Container
Figure 7.
XACML Implementation Decision Procedure
Figure 8.
Local PDP
Figure 9.
Remote PDP




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