Parthenon Computing has produced a suite of components based on the OASIS XACML specification. The XACML specification describes an XML-based language for controlling access to online resources. The intent is to allow for efficient processing of arbitrarily complex security policies.

Policy Tester

Parthenon Policy Tester is a command line tool that aids the development of XACML encoded access control policies.

• Schema Validation of Request, Policy and Policy Set.
• Semantic Checking of Policies.
• Evaluation of Requests against Policies.
• Automated Policy Assertion Tests.
• Conforms to XACML 1.1
• Supports Obligations.
• Supports Attribute Selection with XPath 2.0
• Supports look-up of resources in an LDAP directory.
• Supported platforms are Linux and Win32.
• Available for free download.

Parthenon Policy Engine

Parthenon Policy Engine is an access control decision engine available for application specific usage. Features as per Parthenon Policy Tester, plus...

• Embedded in the application.
• C++ API
• Supported platforms are gcc on Linux, Microsoft Visual Studio on Win32.
• Site License and OEM Licensing available.
• Email to arrange an evaluation.

Parthenon Policy Server

Parthenon Policy Server is an access control enforcement server for deployment in web site, web service, and grid computing environments. Features as per Parthenon Policy Engine, plus...

• Network interface, XML-RPC.
• Supported platforms are Linux and Win32.
• Site License and Per Server Licensing available.
• Email to arrange an evaluation.