Semantic Attribute-Based Access Control: A review on current status and future perspectives

Attribute-based access control (ABAC) uses the attributes of involved entities (i.e., subject, object, action, and environment) to provide control. Despite various advantages offered by ABAC, it is not best fit for distributed heterogeneous environments where an entity may necessarily match (syntactically) those used in policies. Therefore, another type called Semantic Attribute-Based Access Control (SABAC) has emerged that takes into account semantics combining ABAC with semantic technologies. SABAC only facilitates interoperability but also enhances expressiveness Over last decade, a number research efforts have been conducted developing attribute-based schemes. However, there exists no survey paper on schemes, giving overview existing approaches. Hence, this comprehensively reviews SABAC. The main goal comprehensive summary studies useful researchers who want enter make contributions field. Furthermore, identifies open problems possible entry points demonstrating disadvantages previous studies.