Access Control Difference Calculation for Minimal Permissions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional systems are inefficient and impractical for managing complex data systems with access control governed by multiple security primitives, leading to difficulties in granting users access to resources with multiple different types of permissions, and often result in excessive access or security vulnerabilities.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for managing access control that determines the necessary permissions by calculating the differences between desired and existing access levels, automatically generating access requests, and notifying reviewers for approval, while ensuring minimal updates to security primitives and maintaining privacy by abstracting complex security requirements from users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional access control systems are used to manage complex data systems with multiple security primitives, then users can access resources with multiple different types of permissions, but the system becomes inefficient and impractical, leading to excessive access and security vulnerabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically calculates the differences between desired and existing access levels, generates access requests, and manages permission updates without requiring manual administrative intervention for each permission change, thereby improving efficiency while maintaining security
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback mechanisms to notify reviewers of pending access requests and to inform users of approval status, enabling continuous monitoring and control of access permissions to prevent excessive access while streamlining the process
2Reliability
If manual permission management is used for complex access control policies, then security can be maintained through reviewer approval, but the process becomes time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-calculates the necessary permission updates by determining the differences between desired and existing access levels before submitting requests for approval, so that when reviewers approve, the actual permission changes can be executed immediately without additional calculation time
Solution Approach 2:
The access control system segments the permission management process into distinct phases: automatic calculation of permission differences, generation of access requests, reviewer approval, and automatic implementation, allowing parallel processing and reducing overall time loss
3Manufacturing precision
If complex security primitives are exposed to users for access requests, then precise security control can be achieved, but the user experience deteriorates due to complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary layer that automatically calculates and presents simplified access level differences to users, translating complex security primitives into understandable permission changes while maintaining precise security control through the underlying detailed calculations
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates simplified representations (copies) of the complex security requirements, presenting users with high-level access level differences rather than the full complexity of multiple security primitives, while the underlying system maintains precise control through the detailed security model
Data Source
AI summary
In some examples, systems and methods for managing access control to one or more resources are provided. An example method includes receiving a permission request for a user to access the one or more resources, generating an access request based at least in part on the permission request, notifying one or more reviewers to review the access request, receiving an indication of the access request being approved, and automatically granting permission to the user to access the one or more resources.