Explainable Security for Relational Databases
Summary: Formal, explainable security model for relational DBs; every query decision (allow/deny) yields a concise, formal explanation. Rooted in disclosure lattices and policy algebras, with a practical engine for disclosing/denying SQL under complex constraints. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time
Authors
- 1. Gabriel Bender (Cornell University)
- 2. Łucja Kot (Cornell University)
- 3. Johannes Gehrke (Cornell University)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{bender_sigmod14,
title = {{Explainable Security for Relational Databases}},
author = {Bender, Gabriel and Kot, Łucja and Gehrke, Johannes},
series = {{SIGMOD} '14},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
doi = {10.1145/2588555.2593663},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2588555.2593663},
year = {2014}
}Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 5 of 5 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,195 | Explaining Query Answers with Explanation-Ready Databases | 2016 | VLDB | 8.9713779e-05 |
| 2,759 | Data X-Ray: A Diagnostic Tool for Data Errors | 2015 | SIGMOD | 8.1577506e-05 |
| 3,991 | The Complexity of Resilience and Responsibility for Self-Join-Free Conjunctive Queries | 2016 | VLDB | 6.9695922e-05 |
| 4,959 | QFix: Diagnosing Errors through Query Histories | 2017 | SIGMOD | 6.4283324e-05 |
| 6,461 | Explain3D: Explaining Disagreements in Disjoint Datasets | 2019 | VLDB | 5.8718966e-05 |
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 4 of 4 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 309 | Optimization of Real Conjunctive Queries | 1993 | PODS | 0.00021768596 |
| 552 | Extending Query Rewriting Techniques for Fine-Grained Access Control | 2004 | SIGMOD | 0.00016630306 |
| 2,342 | Query-Based Data Pricing | 2012 | PODS | 8.7217471e-05 |
| 12,256 | Fine-Grained Disclosure Control for App Ecosystems | 2013 | SIGMOD | 5.093636e-05 |
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