Data tagging
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1. A method for characterizing data elements, each of said data elements being accessible to users of an enterprise computer network in accordance with access permissions explicitly assigned by an assigned owner thereof, said method comprising:
- continuously maintaining a database of said access permissions explicitly assigned by said assigned owner;
continuously maintaining a database of data identifiers associated with said plurality of data elements;
specifying, by an administrator, at least one access permission explicitly assigned by said assigned owner and at least one data identifier;
ascertaining which of said plurality of said data elements have both said at least one access permission explicitly assigned by said assigned owner and said at least one data identifier associated therewith;
specifying, by an administrator, administrator defined metatags to be associated with each of said data elements ascertained to have both said at least one access permission explicitly assigned by said assigned owner and said at least one data identifier associated therewith;
automatically applying a metatag from among said administrator defined metatags to ones of said plurality of data elements ascertained to have said at least one access permission explicitly assigned by said assigned owner and said at least one specific data identifier associated therewith;
ascertaining an assigned owner for each one of said plurality of data elements ascertained to have said at least one access permission explicitly assigned by said assigned owner and said at least one data identifier associated therewith, said assigned owner having authority and accountability with respect to said one data element within said enterprise; and
requiring said assigned owner to review and validate said metatags automatically applied to said ones of said plurality of data elements owned thereby.
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Abstract
A method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise including ascertaining at least one of an access metric and a data identifier for each of a plurality of data elements and employing the at least one of an access metric and a data identifier to automatically apply a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.
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1. A method for characterizing data elements, each of said data elements being accessible to users of an enterprise computer network in accordance with access permissions explicitly assigned by an assigned owner thereof, said method comprising:
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continuously maintaining a database of said access permissions explicitly assigned by said assigned owner; continuously maintaining a database of data identifiers associated with said plurality of data elements; specifying, by an administrator, at least one access permission explicitly assigned by said assigned owner and at least one data identifier; ascertaining which of said plurality of said data elements have both said at least one access permission explicitly assigned by said assigned owner and said at least one data identifier associated therewith; specifying, by an administrator, administrator defined metatags to be associated with each of said data elements ascertained to have both said at least one access permission explicitly assigned by said assigned owner and said at least one data identifier associated therewith; automatically applying a metatag from among said administrator defined metatags to ones of said plurality of data elements ascertained to have said at least one access permission explicitly assigned by said assigned owner and said at least one specific data identifier associated therewith; ascertaining an assigned owner for each one of said plurality of data elements ascertained to have said at least one access permission explicitly assigned by said assigned owner and said at least one data identifier associated therewith, said assigned owner having authority and accountability with respect to said one data element within said enterprise; and requiring said assigned owner to review and validate said metatags automatically applied to said ones of said plurality of data elements owned thereby. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system having a computer comprising a processor, a memory and a non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium in which computer program instructions are stored, which instructions, when executed by said processor, cause the computer to characterize data elements, each of said data elements being accessible to users of an enterprise computer network in accordance with access permissions explicitly assigned by an assigned owner thereof, said system comprising:
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access metrics collection functionality operative to collect said access permissions explicitly assigned by said assigned owner thereof; metadata collection functionality operative to collect data identifiers associated with said plurality of data elements; metatag specification functionality operative to facilitate specifying, by an administrator, administrator defined metatags to be associated with each of said data elements having both at least one access metric permission explicitly assigned by said assigned owner and at least one data identifier associated therewith; metatag application functionality operative to utilize said access metrics collection functionality and said metadata collection functionality to ascertain which of said plurality of said data elements have both said at least one access permission explicitly assigned by said assigned owner and said at least one specific data identifier associated therewith and to automatically apply a metatag from among said administrator defined metatags to ones of said plurality of data elements ascertained to have said at least one access permission explicitly assigned by said assigned owner and said at least one data identifier associated therewith; and metatag owner validation functionality operative to ascertain an assigned owner of each one of said plurality of data elements ascertained to have said at least one access permission explicitly assigned by said assigned owner and said at least one data identifier associated therewith, said assigned owner having authority and accountability with respect to said one data element within said enterprise, and to require each of said assigned owners to review and validate said metatags automatically applied to said ones of said plurality of data elements owned thereby. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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