Statement Recognition of Access Control Policies in IoT Networks

Access Control Policies (ACPs) are essential for ensuring secure and authorized access to resources in IoT networks. Recognizing these policies involves identifying relevant statements within project documents expressed in natural language. While current research focuses on improving recognition accuracy through algorithm enhancements, the challenge of limited labeled data from individual clients is often overlooked, which impedes the training of highly accurate models. To address this issue and harness the potential of IoT networks, this paper presents FL-Bert-BiLSTM, a novel model that combines federated learning and pre-trained word embedding techniques for access control policy recognition. By leveraging the capabilities of IoT networks, the proposed model enables real-time and distributed training on IoT devices, effectively mitigating the scarcity of labeled data and enhancing accessibility for IoT applications. Additionally, the model incorporates pre-trained word embeddings to leverage the semantic information embedded in textual data, resulting in improved accuracy for access control policy recognition. Experimental results substantiate that the proposed model not only enhances accuracy and generalization capability but also preserves data privacy, making it well-suited for secure and efficient access control in IoT networks.