Research on virtual role management within public safety sector in Finland

Role management is a very sensitive issue when high security requirements are at stake. We intend to develop a new identity modelling process specialized in the public safety sector and a system design based on a role-centric conception. Moving role management into the system can be achieved by creating a concept of a virtual role user which is the user-role combination implemented into the information system itself. The identity layer will be extended to allow the establishment of virtual users that can be embodied by actual users. As a result of the project research work, we expect to have defined the concept of virtual role user and constructed a software component which can be used in establishing the functioning of roles in a system and satisfying the need of a constant presence of a certain user/role within public safety sector situations.