Dynamic Access Control Workflows for Urgent Data Privileges

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing access control methods in cloud computing and database management lack fine-grained and dynamic provisioning capabilities, failing to adapt to evolving business needs and increasing the risk of unauthorized access to confidential data.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method using natural language processing to analyze communications among authorized personnel, dynamically identifying tasks requiring access privileges, calculating urgency scores, and initiating access control workflows in real-time to update user profiles, ensuring access is aligned with business processes and security requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional access control methods (RBAC, Group-Based Access Control) are used, then access control is simplified and easier to manage, but the system lacks fine-grained and dynamic provisioning capabilities, failing to adapt to evolving business needs

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to evolving business needsVSAvoidaccess control system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic access control by continuously monitoring business processes and automatically adjusting access rights in real-time. The system transitions from static role-based access to dynamic task-based access that adapts to changing business requirements, allowing administrators to provision and revoke access rights dynamically without manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service access control where the access control server automatically analyzes business processes, identifies required access rights, and provisions them without requiring manual administrator intervention. The system autonomously monitors business process changes and adjusts access rights accordingly, reducing the need for manual administrative overhead.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If manual access control processes are used, then system complexity is reduced, but productivity decreases due to manual effort and human errors in access management

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess management efficiencyVSAvoidautomation of access control workflows

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors business process execution and uses this feedback to automatically adjust access rights. The access control server analyzes business process changes, identifies impacted access rights, and automatically provisions or revokes access based on real-time business conditions, creating a closed-loop feedback mechanism that continuously optimizes access control.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical access control processes with automated computer-based systems. The access control server automatically analyzes business processes, generates access right assignments, and provisions them without human intervention, substituting manual administrative tasks with automated digital processing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Reliability

If access control is made more granular and dynamic, then data security is enhanced, but the complexity of detecting and measuring access requirements increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata securityVSAvoiddetection of access requirements

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors business process execution and uses this feedback to automatically adjust access rights. The access control server analyzes business process changes, identifies impacted access rights, and automatically provisions or revokes access based on real-time business conditions, creating a closed-loop feedback mechanism that continuously optimizes access control.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical access control processes with automated computer-based systems. The access control server automatically analyzes business processes, generates access right assignments, and provisions them without human intervention, substituting manual administrative tasks with automated digital processing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20260003986A1Dynamic generation of access control workflows

Publication Date: 2026.01.01 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION

AI summary

Dynamically controlling access to confidential data is provided. The method comprises receiving input of a user security profile that specifies data access privileges for a user. Natural language processing is used to analyze a number of documented communications among authorized personnel regarding work related to the confidential data. From the analysis of the documented communications, a task is identified for the user that requires access privileges to the confidential data that the user security profile does not authorize. An urgency score for the task is calculated from the analysis of the documented communications. Responsive to a determination that the urgency score exceeds a specified threshold, an access control workflow is automatically initiated that is routed to an authorizing agent. Authorization is received in near real-time from the authorizing agent, wherein the user security profile is updated to allow access to the confidential data for a specified duration.