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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Robert Samuel Schreiber, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert E. Tarjan, Princeton, NJ (US);
Mehul A. Shah, Saratoga, CA (US);
William G. Horne, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Robert Samuel Schreiber, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert E. Tarjan, Princeton, NJ (US);
Mehul A. Shah, Saratoga, CA (US);
William G. Horne, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
One embodiment relates to a computer-implemented method for role discovery in access control systems. User accounts are selected according to a predetermined algorithm. For each selected user account, a new role is created covering a set of permissions including all permissions which the user account needs but is not yet covered by another role that the user account has. The new role is given to the user account so that all permissions needed by the user account are covered. Any additional user accounts which still need the set of permissions covered by the new role are also found, and the new role is given to these additional user accounts, if any. Other features, aspects and embodiments are also disclosed.