Securing Event-Based Systems

Abstract

This chapter examines techniques for securing various types of event-based systems. The first section discusses typical application requirements. The following section examines specific event dissemination approaches. Applying applicationlevel security to event-based systems is introduced at first, along with an overview of Role-Based Access Control. Application-level security is a perimeter defence for an event-based system. The next section demonstrates mechanisms for implementing security within a large-scale distributed broker network, including discussion of aBsTRaCT