Managing elevated rights on a network
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1. A method comprising:
- associating a task with one or more elevated rights, wherein the task is associated with a user'"'"'s job responsibility; and
granting an elevated right account to the user based on a principle of least right, wherein the elevated right account provides the one or more elevated rights necessary to perform only the task associated with the elevated rights.
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Abstract
A method includes associating a task with one or more elevated rights, wherein the task is associated with a user'"'"'s job responsibility and granting an elevated right account to the user based on a principle of least privilege, wherein the elevated right account provides the one or more elevated rights necessary to perform only the task associated with the elevated rights.
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1. A method comprising:
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associating a task with one or more elevated rights, wherein the task is associated with a user'"'"'s job responsibility; and
granting an elevated right account to the user based on a principle of least right, wherein the elevated right account provides the one or more elevated rights necessary to perform only the task associated with the elevated rights. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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a memory;
a task association data structure stored on the memory, the task association data structure associating a task with one or more rights required to perform the task;
a web server generating an elevated right account request form enabling a requesting user to specify a desired right and a task performed by the requesting user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a memory a task association table stored on the memory and associating a task with a set of one or more rights required to perform the task; and
means for generating an elevated right account enabling an associated user to perform the task by virtue of the one or more rights.
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