In this paper, we present a visual representation of access control permissions in a standard hierarchical file system. Our visualization of file permissions leverages treemaps, a popular graphical representation of hierarchical data. In particular, we present a visualization of access control for the NTFS file system that can help a non-expert user understand and manipulate file system permissions in a simple and effective way. While our examples are based on NTFS, our approach can be used for many other hierarchical file systems as well.

Heitzmann, A., Palazzi, B., Papamanthou, C., Tamassia, R. (2008). Effective Visualization of File System Access-Control. In Proc. 5th International Workshop on Visualization for Computer Security (vizSEC 2008) (pp.18-25). Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag.

Effective Visualization of File System Access-Control

PALAZZI, BERNARDO;
2008-01-01

Abstract

In this paper, we present a visual representation of access control permissions in a standard hierarchical file system. Our visualization of file permissions leverages treemaps, a popular graphical representation of hierarchical data. In particular, we present a visualization of access control for the NTFS file system that can help a non-expert user understand and manipulate file system permissions in a simple and effective way. While our examples are based on NTFS, our approach can be used for many other hierarchical file systems as well.
2008
978-3-540-85931-4
Heitzmann, A., Palazzi, B., Papamanthou, C., Tamassia, R. (2008). Effective Visualization of File System Access-Control. In Proc. 5th International Workshop on Visualization for Computer Security (vizSEC 2008) (pp.18-25). Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag.
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