ACCORD: Constraint-driven mediation of multi-user conflicts in cloud services

Abstract

When multiple users adopt collaborative cloud services like Google Drive to work on a shared resource, incorrect or missing permissions may cause conflicting or inconsistent access or use privileges. These issues (or conflicts) compromise resources confidentiality, integrity, or availability leading to a lack of trust in cloud services. An example conflict is when a user with editor permissions changes the permissions on a shared resource without consent from the original resource owner. In this demonstration, we introduce ACCORD, a web application built on top of Google Drive able to detect and resolve multi-user conflicts. ACCORD employs a simulator to help users preemptively identify potential conflicts and assists them in defining action constraints. Using these constraints, ACCORD can automatically detect and resolve any future conflicts.

Type
Publication
WWW 2024

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