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System and methods providing enhanced security model

  • US 7,971,230 B2
  • Filed: 07/30/2007
  • Issued: 06/28/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to facilitate data item security, comprising:

  • defining at least one security policy for a hierarchical data structure;

    defining at least one security region for the hierarchical data structure;

    determining whether the hierarchical data structure is a tree structure or a directed acyclic graph (DAG);

    determining how the at least one security policy is to be applied to an item within the security region when the item inherits more than one access control list (ACL); and

    applying the at least one security policy to the hierarchical data structure from the security region.

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