Privilege Graph for Access Permission Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern enterprises face challenges in tracking and managing access privileges across numerous data environments managed by different systems, applications, and platforms, due to the high cardinality of data elements and the difficulty in manually administering access permissions.
Innovation Solution
The technology enables the pushing of access-privilege information from data environments to a graphing service using Application Programming Interface (API) calls, allowing for the incorporation of this information into a privilege graph representing data access authorizations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual administration of access permissions is used across multiple data environments, then human administrators can directly control and understand access rights, but it becomes extremely difficult or impossible to track which data can be accessed by which users due to high cardinality of data elements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that automatically collects access permission information from multiple data environments via API calls and represents it in a unified privilege graph. This intermediary automatically tracks and correlates user-access relationships across thousands of data elements, making the tracking feasible without manual intervention while maintaining precise tracking capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple different database systems and platforms are used by different departments, then each system can use features specific to its requirements, but it creates complexity in managing and tracking access permissions across all these diverse environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal privilege graph system that can represent and manage access permissions across multiple different types of data environments including various database systems and platforms. The system uses standardized API calls and a unified graph representation that works across diverse systems, providing universal management capability while allowing each data environment to maintain its specific features and characteristics.
3Reliability
If real-time tracking of access permissions across thousands of data elements is implemented, then accurate and up-to-date access information is available, but the system complexity and computational requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the access permission tracking system into modular components: individual data environments maintain their own access permission data, API call interfaces handle communication with each environment separately, and the privilege graph builds the unified representation by combining information from segmented sources. This segmentation allows real-time tracking accuracy while distributing system complexity across manageable modular components rather than requiring a monolithic complex system.
Data Source
AI summary
The technology disclosed herein enables pushing of access-privilege information from data environments to a graphing service. In a particular embodiment, a method includes registering a data environment to enable the data environment to use Application Programming Interface (API) calls and receiving an API call transmitted from the data environment. The API call provides information about access permissions for the data environment. The method further includes incorporating the information into a privilege graph representing data access authorizations.