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Hybrid role mining

US8635689B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 2011
Grant dateJan 21, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/6218
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An embodiment of the invention is directed to a data processing system having a plurality of users, a portion of which were previously assigned permissions respectively corresponding to system resources. The embodiment includes acquiring data from a first data source, containing information pertaining to the portion of users and their permissions, and further includes acquiring data from a second data source, containing information pertaining to attributes of each user of the plurality. A set of permissions is determined for a given role, from both first and second data sources. First and second criteria are determined for assigning users to the given role, from information in the first and second data sources, respectively. A particular user is selected for admission to the given role only if the particular user is in compliance with both the first criterion and second criterion.

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