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Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2012
Applicants:

Michael Hart, Mountain View, CA (US);

Yin Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Hart, Mountain View, CA (US);

Yin Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/104 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for managing access-control groups. The method may include (1) tracking users' access patterns to one or more shared resources, (2) analyzing the users' access patterns to identify a cluster of users who exhibit similar access patterns to the one or more shared resources, (3) identifying a preexisting access-control group to which one or more of the users is assigned, (4) comparing the preexisting access-control group to the cluster of users, and (5) organizing, based on the comparison, one or more of the users into one or more access-control groups. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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