ACCESS PERMISSIONS ENTITLEMENT REVIEW

• US 20110061111A1
• Filed: 06/14/2010
• Published: 03/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Varonis Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Varonis Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Kretzer-Katzir, Ophir, Bass, David, Faitelson, Yakov, Korkus, Ohad
• Granted Patent: US 8,578,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

A system for operating an enterprise computer network including multiple network objects, said system comprising monitoring and collection functionality for obtaining continuously updated information regarding at least one of access permissions and actual usage of said network objects, and entitlement review by owner functionality operative to present to at least one owner of at least one network object a visually sensible indication of authorization status including a specific indication of users which were not yet authorized by said at least one owner of said at least one network object.

Claims

1. A system for operating an enterprise computer network including multiple network objects, said system comprising:

monitoring and collection functionality for obtaining continuously updated information regarding at least one of access permissions and actual usage of said network objects; and

entitlement review by owner functionality operative to present to at least one owner of at least one network object a visually sensible indication of authorization status including a specific indication of users which were not yet authorized by said at least one owner of said at least one network object.

2. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said system resides on a computer server which is connected to an enterprise level network to which is connected a multiplicity of computers and storage devices.

3. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said entitlement review by owner functionality is operative to periodically present to said at least one owner of said at least one network object said visually sensible indication of authorization status.

4. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said visually sensible indication of authorization status comprises a list of network objects owned by said at least one owner of said at least one network object.

5. A system according to claim 4 and wherein for each of said list of network objects, said visually sensible indication of authorization status includes a list of users and user groups having access permissions to said each of said list of network objects.

6. A system according to claim 5 and wherein for each of said list of users and user groups having access permissions to said each of said list of network objects said authorization status includes at least an indication of whether said access permissions were not authorized by said at least one owner of said at least one network object.

7. A system for operating an enterprise computer network including multiple network objects, said system comprising:

monitoring and collection functionality for obtaining continuously updated information regarding at least one of access permissions and actual usage of said network objects; and

entitlement review by owner functionality operative to present to at least one owner of at least one network object a visually sensible indication of authorization status, and to require said at least one owner to confirm or modify said authorization status.

8. A system according to claim 7 and wherein said system resides on a computer server which is connected to an enterprise level network to which is connected a multiplicity of computers and storage devices.

9. A system according to claim 7 and wherein said entitlement review by owner functionality is operative to periodically present to said at least one owner of said at least one network object said visually sensible indication of authorization status and to periodically require said at least one owner to confirm or modify said authorization status.

10. A system according to claim 9 and wherein said visually sensible indication of authorization status comprises a list of network objects owned by said at least one owner of said at least one network object.

11. A system according to claim 10 and wherein for each of said list of network objects, said visually sensible indication of authorization status includes a list of users and user groups having access permissions to said each of said list of network objects.

12. A system according to claim 11 and wherein for each of said list of users and user groups having access permissions to said each of said list of network objects said authorization status includes at least:

an indication of whether said access permissions were not authorized by said at least one owner of said at least one network object; and

a revocation recommendation to said at least one owner of said at least one network object recommending whether said access permissions should be revoked from the user or user group.

13. A system according to claim 12 and wherein said revocation recommendation includes a textual justification for said revocation recommendation.

14. A system according to claim 13 and wherein said entitlement review by owner functionality includes access permissions modifying functionality.

15. A system according to claim 14 and wherein said access permissions modifying functionality is preset to modify access permissions in accordance with said revocation recommendations.

16. A system according to claim 15 and wherein when said at least one owner of said at least one network object utilizes said access permissions modifying functionality to modify access permissions to any of said list of network objects, said entitlement review by owner functionality requires said at least one owner of said at least one network object to write a justification for modifying access permissions to any of said list of network objects.

17. A system according to claim 15 and wherein when said at least one owner of said at least one network object chooses to disregard said revocation recommendation associated with said at least one network object, said entitlement review by owner functionality requires said at least one owner of said at least one network object to write a justification for disregarding said revocation recommendation associated with said at least one network object.

18. A method for operating an enterprise computer network including multiple network objects, said method comprising:

monitoring and collecting continuously updated information regarding at least one of access permissions and actual usage of said network objects; and

presenting to at least one owner of at least one network object an entitlement review which comprises a visually sensible indication of authorization status including a specific indication of users which were not yet authorized by said at least one owner of said at least one network object.

19. A method for operating an enterprise computer network including multiple network objects, said method comprising:

monitoring and collecting continuously updated information regarding at least one of access permissions and actual usage of said network objects; and

presenting to at least one owner of at least one network object an entitlement review which comprises a visually sensible indication of authorization status, and requiring said at least one owner to confirm or modify said authorization status.