In a previous post discussing XACML performance myth-busting, I described several areas in an XACML authorization system where performance issues can be addressed. Since then, my colleague David Brossard created the diagram below to illustrate potential performance bottlenecks. To refresh your memory, here is the issue for each numbered item in the diagram (see the [...]
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Authorization Performance Myth Busting
April 30, 2010It’s a common misconception that XACML authorization systems perform poorly by default because they are XML-based. While it is true that XML systems can be slow, XACML product vendors have many techniques at their disposal to address performance concerns. Keep in mind, however, that every application and every deployment has its own performance considerations and [...]
Myth Busting, XACML Style
April 6, 2010MythBusters is a popular TV series that attempts to prove or disprove popular beliefs, rumors, or “myths.” Their topics have ranged from whether cell phones interfere with a plane’s instruments (they don’t) to whether a fingerprint reader could be spoofed (it was). In the realm of XACML, there are also what we would consider myths [...]
XACML workshops in San Francisco and Wash DC
February 19, 2010Please join us in San Francisco or Washington DC for an XACML workshop. “This is a two day XACML introduction course, including hands-on training. It will be provided by leading XACML experts with in-depth experience from some of the world’s largest XACML deployment projects. Based on their attendee experience, there will be a mix between [...]
