Alexander Bernegger

Security in Collaborative Web Applications

Integrating TWiki into CERN's Single Sign-On System

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

CERN employs more than 10.000 users and scientists from all over the world. Many of these employees work together on projects like the Large Hadron Collider and therefore need a platform to share knowledge and information amongst them. TWiki is a web-based, open source enterprise collaboration software with access control mechanism. In a sensitive research environment like CERN, protecting knowledge from unauthorized viewing is very important. The problem of controlling access for each single user in TWiki would have time-consuming effects. CERN manages employees by centralized accounts in order to access the computer systems. In these accounts, user-specific information such as membership in workgroups is stored. This information can be used to protect TWiki WebPages by giving access to those specific workgroups instead of each user. This book provides a solution on how to facilitate TWiki usage by integrating CERN's workgroups to TWiki's access control mechanism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783639339789
• ISBN-10: 3639339789
• Artikelnr.: 33221600

Autorenporträt

1982, Salzburg, Austria. Studies: Information Technology and Systems-Management at University of Applied Sciences, Salzburg. Technical Student at European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) Geneva, Switzerland. Web Developer and Systems Engineer at Federal Institute for Educational Research (BIFIE), Salzburg.