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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Yantian Tom LU, Round Rock, TX (US);
Thomas Walters Drew, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Yantian Tom Lu, Round Rock, TX (US);
Thomas Walters Drew, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, method, and program product is provided that provides authentication on a per-role basis in a Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) environment. When a user attempts to acquire a role, the improved RBAC system determines whether (a) no authentication is required (e.g., for a non-sensitive role such as accessing a company's product catalog), (b) a user-based authentication (e.g., password) is required, or (c) a role-based authentication (e.g., role-specific password is required).