Permission tracking systems and methods

Systems and methods for permission maintenance are presented. In one embodiment, a permission maintenance method includes: gathering permission indication information including permission indications associated with various stored information; analyzing the permission indication information includin...

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Main Author MARATHE NIKHIL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 17.02.2015
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Summary:Systems and methods for permission maintenance are presented. In one embodiment, a permission maintenance method includes: gathering permission indication information including permission indications associated with various stored information; analyzing the permission indication information including analyzing potential permission indication origination; and creating interface presentation information based upon results of the analyzing the permission indications, wherein the interface presentation information includes information related to potential origination of a permission indication. The gathering can include scanning a file system and collecting active directory information. The analyzing can include determining the type of access a principal is given to a file. The analyzing can also include determining if a principal is associated with a group and the type of permissions given to the group. In one exemplary implementation, the permission indication information is organized in accordance with potential permission indication origination. In one embodiment, the interface presentation information is presented in a Graphical User Interface, including a permission indicator and the information related to potential origination of the permission indicator.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20100833387