Occurence and value based security system for computer databases
US4956769A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 16, 1988 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99939
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for providing an occurrence level, value based security protection system including the steps of building a data security table; extracting from the request to the database information concerning the system user, his terminal location, the data he wishes to access, and the operation he wishes to perform on the data; comparing these extracted pieces of information against the permitted access rules found in the data security table; returning a violation status to the host system making the request if the compared information fails to match the permitted access rules found in the data security table and logging the violation; permitting the execution of the request if the extracted data is found to match the permitted access rules found in the data security table.
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