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Semantics-based Authorization and Access Framework for the Virtual Enterprise (SAAFVE)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8750-07-C-0103
Agency Tracking Number: F071-088-1623
Amount: $100,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF071-088
Solicitation Number: 2007.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2007
Award Year: 2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2007-04-23
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2008-01-25
Small Business Information
15400 Calhoun Drive, Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20855
United States
DUNS: 161911532
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Renato Levy
 Principal Scientist
 (301) 294-5241
 rlevy@i-a-i.com
Business Contact
 Mark James
Title: Director of Contracts and Proposals
Phone: () -
Email: mjames@i-a-i.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Different organizations or groups may come together to form the Virtual Enterprise (VE). Information and data with the Virtual Enterprise resides on host computers that are geographically scattered yet comprise part of the IT of the VE. The members of one organization, when acting in a certain role, may have access to certain data categories that are owned by another organization. A new organization, such as a Coalition partner, may join a Virtual Enterprise for a specific mission. While network technology in general and the Internet and Web technologies such as Web services in particular are allowing Virtual Enterprises to come together and share data, the Information Assurance techniques that mirror the distributed, net-centric enterprise are not yet deployed. The issue is not simply to deny information access to members of one organization; rather, the challenge is to have the right people obtain the right information at the right time. We propose an innovative solution to this challenge, the Semantics-based Authorization and Access Framework for the Virtual Enterprise (SAAFVE). SAAFVE is comprised of Ontologies with which to annotate information stores, Policy instances, Meta-policy constructs, and User Profiles, associated support tools, and an agent-based implementation of the infrastructure.

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