Automatic policy generation based on role entitlements and identity attributes
First Claim
1. A method of automatically generating a policy for a role, said role comprising a plurality of identities of individuals, each identity having attributes that include entitlements and non-entitlement attributes, comprising:
- automatically obtaining a list of attributes possessed by a predetermined number of the identities in said role;
automatically extracting from said list of attributes a list of entitlements common to all of said predetermined number of the identities in said role; and
automatically forming a policy for said role that said list of entitlements will be given to an identity subsequently added to said role.
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Abstract
Policies defining the entitlements to be assigned to a new identity joining a role are automatically generated. An automatic policy assigns a new identity the entitlements commonly owned by a predetermined number of identities in the role, which may be all of the role identities. A conditional policy recommends that a new identity be assigned the non-commonly-owned entitlements associated with the role identity whose non-entitlement attributes most closely match the non-entitlement attributes of the new identity. This may be automatically determined by iterating through a vector that maps the non-commonly-owned entitlements with the non-entitlement attributes of each role identity, comparing the non-entitlement attributes of the new identity to find the closest match. The non-commonly-owned entitlements of that identity are then recommended to be assigned to the new identity, upon approval.
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9 Claims
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1. A method of automatically generating a policy for a role, said role comprising a plurality of identities of individuals, each identity having attributes that include entitlements and non-entitlement attributes, comprising:
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automatically obtaining a list of attributes possessed by a predetermined number of the identities in said role; automatically extracting from said list of attributes a list of entitlements common to all of said predetermined number of the identities in said role; and automatically forming a policy for said role that said list of entitlements will be given to an identity subsequently added to said role. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of assigning entitlements to a new identity upon joining a role, comprising:
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providing a role comprising a plurality of identities of individuals, the identities having attributes that include entitlements and non-entitlement attributes; automatically generating a policy for said role based on said entitlements; and when a new identity having attributes is subsequently added to said role, applying said policy to said new identity. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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