Binary Sequence Access Control for Enterprise RBAC Efficiency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional access control systems are brittle and antiquated, failing to address emerging needs for geo-collaboration, while emerging systems provide limited functionality and safety, leading to a schism between IT administrators and information workers, and existing solutions like XACML-based systems are not effective in organizations without PEP components.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for access control using a binary sequence-based strategy that models inter-domain access control policies, allowing for efficient and easy implementation of access control policies through attribute-based access control, leveraging binary sequences and logical operators to manage permissions based on user roles and security contexts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional access control systems are used, then safety and control are maintained, but efficiency and ease of use deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms access control permissions into binary numerical parameters (bitmasks) that can be efficiently processed. Each permission is represented as a binary value (0 or 1), and complex permission sets are combined using bitwise operations. This parameter transformation enables rapid evaluation of access requests while maintaining security policies, resolving the contradiction between safety and efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional text-based or rule-based access control evaluation with a mathematical/computational approach using binary operations. Instead of evaluating complex policy rules sequentially, the system uses bitwise AND operations to evaluate multiple permission conditions simultaneously, substituting mechanical policy evaluation with efficient computational operations.
2Manufacturing precision
If fine-grained access control policies are implemented, then control precision is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments complex access control policies into discrete binary permission bits. Each permission (read, write, execute, delete, etc.) is represented as an individual bit in a bitmask. This segmentation allows fine-grained control over multiple permission types while simplifying the overall system through standardized binary representation and operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent converts complex permission policies into simplified binary parameters. By representing each permission as a binary value (0 or 1) and combining them into bitmasks, the system achieves fine-grained control precision while reducing complexity through mathematical operations instead of complex rule evaluation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If attribute-based access control is implemented, then adaptability is improved, but computational overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex attribute-based policy evaluation with efficient bitwise operations. Instead of evaluating multiple attribute conditions and policy rules computationally intensive processes, the system uses binary bitmask representations and bitwise AND operations, dramatically reducing computational overhead while maintaining adaptability to different permission scenarios.
Data Source
AI summary
Enterprise applications need to store and evaluate permissions on per User, per Entity and per Action basis for hundreds of Users and thousands of permissions. Most of the times this data takes up to 5 database tables to store the Role Based Access Control (RBAC) permissions. Selecting permissions for user from database consumes time while any User attempts to perform any Action. Sometimes the time taken to check permission is more than time taken to perform the required Action. Thus the current approaches for RBAC are inefficient in all—computation TIME, runtime MEMORY and database STORAGE. Binary arithmetic is known for being vast in scalability, smallest in memory and fastest in speed. This paper describes a new method which uses binary data structure and binary arithmetic to accurately check User permissions. We also claim that this method is the most scalable and fastest possible for Role Based Access Control.