1. Data and Applications Security Developments and Directions
Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham
The University of Texas at Dallas
Lecture #13
Assignment #3: Secure Objects, Secure Distributed/Heterogeneous data management
March 4, 2009
Date Due: March 25, 2009

2. Problem #1
Select an application (e.g., military, healthcare), specify confidentiality policies and apply these policies to an object model.

3. Problem #2
Select an application (e.g., military, healthcare), specify how a model such as UML could be used to represent the application and the policies (you may use the example from problem #1)
Those not familiar with UML can use ER model or Semantic network

4. Problem #3
Describe an application and show how secure distributed data management may be used to store and manage the data for the application.

5. Problem #4
Describe two organizations want to conduct business with each other. One organization is using a relational system and the other organization is using a object system. Describe policies for the organizations and show how a distributed query may be processed.