Container Access Restriction via Security Resource Profiles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face challenges in securely accessing data objects in a datastore by remote systems without user-specific credentials, particularly in container and resource access restriction scenarios, where traditional authentication methods are cumbersome and prone to security vulnerabilities.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method using a processor to verify access entities through a security resource profile, allowing access to data objects without requiring user-specific credentials, by utilizing a security application program interface (API) to determine if access is permitted based on predefined security resource profiles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional authentication methods with user-specific credentials are used, then access control security is maintained, but administrative complexity and security vulnerability increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the credential verification step from the authentication process. Instead of requiring user-specific credentials to be verified, the system verifies access based on the access entity's inherent attributes and the security resource profile, effectively removing the credential verification burden while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a security resource profile as an intermediary between the access entity and the data object. This profile acts as a mediator that defines access rights and restrictions without requiring direct credential verification, simplifying the authentication process while maintaining security controls.
2Reliability
If user-specific credentials are required for access, then access authorization is precise, but risk of credential exposure and administrative overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes credentials from the authentication equation entirely. Instead of verifying user-specific credentials, the system determines access based on the access entity's identity and the security resource profile, eliminating credential exposure risk while maintaining precise access control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-verification by checking the access entity's inherent attributes against the security resource profile. The access entity itself provides the necessary identification information without requiring external credential validation, reducing administrative overhead and credential exposure risk.
3Ease of operation
If security resource profiles are implemented without user-specific credentials, then administrative complexity is reduced, but access verification robustness must be maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The security resource profile serves as a robust intermediary that contains detailed access control rules and restrictions. This profile maintains verification robustness by defining specific conditions under which access is granted or denied, while the overall system remains simple to administer by not requiring credential management.
Solution Approach 2:
The security resource profile is pre-configured with all necessary access control rules and restrictions before access attempts occur. This preliminary setup maintains verification robustness by having all decision logic prepared in advance, while simplifying administration by eliminating the need for runtime credential verification.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented system and related method secures the access of a data object in a datastore by a remote system without user-specific credentials. The method comprises using a processor of a data resident operating system for verifying, using a security resource profile for the datastore, which access entity the remote system has access to, but without the user-specific credentials. The method also provides the security resource profile through a security application program interface (API) to the processor to determine whether access to the access entity should be allowed. The method allows the access to the data object by the remote system when the security resource profile exists and permits the access.