AGABAC: Implementing and Evaluating an Attribute-Group Access Control Model for Secure Web-Based Spreadsheet Interfaces in Large-Scale e-Government Systems

AGABAC: Implementing and Evaluating an Attribute-Group Access Control Model for Secure Web-Based Spreadsheet Interfaces in Large-Scale e-Government Systems | Authorea try { document.documentElement.classList.add('js'); } catch (e) { } var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'G-8VDV14Y67G']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Skip to main content Preprints Collections Wiley Open Research IET Open Research Ecological Society of Japan All Collections About About Authorea FAQs Contact Us Quick Search anywhere Search for preprint articles, keywords, etc. Search Search ADVANCED SEARCH SCROLL This is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. Data may be preliminary. 22 September 2025 V1 Latest version Share on AGABAC: Implementing and Evaluating an Attribute-Group Access Control Model for Secure Web-Based Spreadsheet Interfaces in Large-Scale e-Government Systems Authors : Jin Hyok Pak and Chol Jin Ma Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175851927.71637394/v1 199 views 105 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract The proliferation of large-scale e-government information systems has introduced complex challenges in securing access to vast and dynamic information resources. A critical trend is the integration of Web-based dynamic data style sheets, such as Web Excel, for flexible data manipulation and reporting. However, implementing granular and efficient access control for these interfaces remains a significant, unaddressed research problem. Traditional and existing attribute-based access control (ABAC) models suffer from administrative overhead due to the explosion of attribute relations (m×n×k) and lack a formal framework for defining permissions on spreadsheet elements (cells, ranges). This paper proposes the Attribute-Group ABAC (AGABAC) model to overcome these limitations. AGABAC introduces a novel attribute-grouping mechanism to minimize policy management costs and a secure authorization proxy framework for decentralized administration. Furthermore, it formalizes access control policies specifically for dynamic spreadsheet operations. We implemented a full prototype and evaluated AGABAC against standard ABAC and RBAC models. Our experimental results demonstrate that AGABAC reduces policy configuration time by over 47% compared to standard ABAC and maintains access decision latency below 15ms under a load of 10,000 concurrent users, proving its efficacy for secure and efficient access control in large-scale environments. Supplementary Material File (submisson.docx) Download 551.66 KB Information & Authors Information Version history V1 Version 1 22 September 2025 Copyright This work is licensed under a Non Exclusive No Reuse License. Keywords access control cloud security data access control policies and models healthcare and society information security privacy security in business Authors Affiliations Jin Hyok Pak Kim Il Sung University View all articles by this author Chol Jin Ma Kim Il Sung University View all articles by this author Metrics & Citations Metrics Article Usage 199 views 105 downloads .FvxKWukQNSOunydq8rnd { width: 100px; } Citations Download citation Jin Hyok Pak, Chol Jin Ma. 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