Checkpoint object
First Claim
1. An apparatus for monitoring step-by-step progress of security administration within an electronic work flow, comprising:
- a checkpoint object that provides uniform characterization of milestone and/or transition states in administration activity, where object class definition is inherited by or refined to an administration activity object; and
a checkpoint object manager that is instantiated as a trusted third party object which manages state progression of checkpoint objects;
wherein said checkpoint object manager further comprises at least one of;
an action that resumes checkpointed objects with their state either advanced, reversed, or unchanged; and
an action that assures that all checkpoints are logged and/or monitored.
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Abstract
An object oriented tool monitors the step-by-step progress of security administration within an electronic work flow to implement access control measures, and security administration policies that may include additional checks and balances, such as second party review, escalated authorization requirements, and trusted audit facilities. A security administration architecture for distributed electronic data processing systems preferably includes a checkpoint object that provides uniform characterization of milestone or transition states in administration activity, and which may be inherited by or refined to an administration activity object. A checkpoint object manager that is instantiated as a trusted third party object manages the state progression of checkpoint objects. As a result of checkpointing, checkpoint objects are resumed with their state advanced, reversed, or unchanged by the checkpoint object manager as appropriate. The checkpoint object manager also assures that all checkpoints are logged and monitored, and that resumptions are authenticated.
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24 Claims
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1. An apparatus for monitoring step-by-step progress of security administration within an electronic work flow, comprising:
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a checkpoint object that provides uniform characterization of milestone and/or transition states in administration activity, where object class definition is inherited by or refined to an administration activity object; and a checkpoint object manager that is instantiated as a trusted third party object which manages state progression of checkpoint objects; wherein said checkpoint object manager further comprises at least one of; an action that resumes checkpointed objects with their state either advanced, reversed, or unchanged; and an action that assures that all checkpoints are logged and/or monitored. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for monitoring step-by-step progress of security administration within an electronic work flow, comprising the steps of:
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providing a checkpoint object that provides uniform characterization of milestone and/or transition states in administration activity, where object class definition is inherited by or refined to an administration activity object; providing a checkpoint object manager that is instantiated as a trusted third party object which manages state progression of checkpoint objects; checkpointing a checkpoint object; and
further comprising at least one of the steps of;providing an action via said checkpoint object manager that resumes checkpointed objects with their state either advanced, reversed, or unchanged; and providing an action via said checkpoint object manager that assures that all checkpoints are logged and/or monitored. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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