Break the Glass Demonstration

This demonstration shows how Break the Glass policies can be used to give users direct responsibility over their actions. A confidential record is controlled via a BTG policy. Users with low privileges are not allowed to access this resource under any circumstances. Users with medium privileges are not allowed to access this resource unless they first decide to BTG. In so doing these users realise that they will need to face the consequences later (in our demo an email message is sent to the security administrator informing him about the BTG). Users with high privileges have access to the confidential records without needing to BTG.

In order to run the demonstration you will need to enter one of the following username-password combinations.

Username Password Details
Ana Ana A student who is not allowed to BTG under any circumstances, and cannot access the confidential records.
Rui Rui A teacher who is allowed to BTG and access the confidential records after doing so.
David David A professor who has no need to BTG, as he is always allowed to access the confidential records.

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Acknowledgement. This work was funded as part of the EC TAS3 project in conjunction with the University of Nottingham.