RBAC Scope Updates for Cloud Resource Access Changes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing RBAC systems require manual and time-consuming processes to update access control scopes, especially in cloud-based computing environments, leading to inefficiencies and delays in granting or revoking access to computing resources.
Innovation Solution
An automated system that uses a back-end application computer server to identify computing resource landscape changes and automatically update RBAC scope data stores, allowing for rapid and secure adjustments to access control rules without manual intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual processes are used to update RBAC access control scopes, then security control is maintained, but time consumption increases and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service automation where the RBAC system automatically detects computing resource landscape changes and updates access control scopes without requiring manual intervention. The automated scope change mechanism monitors resource provisioning and decommissioning events, then autonomously adjusts role-based access permissions to reflect current infrastructure state, thereby maintaining security while dramatically improving update speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops that continuously monitor computing resource landscape changes and automatically trigger RBAC scope updates. The automated mechanism receives feedback about resource provisioning status, evaluates against defined policies, and executes corresponding access control changes, creating a closed-loop system that maintains security awareness while operating at high speed.
2Measurement precision
If manual RBAC scope changes are processed, then access control accuracy is maintained, but time required increases to several days
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining access control policies and scope change rules before actual changes occur. When computing resources are provisioned or decommissioned, the system has pre-established the logic to automatically determine required RBAC scope adjustments, enabling rapid execution without manual analysis and ensuring both speed and accuracy of updates.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical processes with automated electronic systems. Instead of human administrators manually processing RBAC scope changes through ticketing systems and spreadsheets, the invention uses automated software mechanisms that electronically detect resource changes, evaluate policies, and execute scope updates, reducing update time from days to hours while maintaining high accuracy through systematic algorithmic processing.
3Productivity
If automated RBAC scope changes are implemented, then productivity increases, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves universality by implementing a multi-functional automated RBAC mechanism that handles multiple operations through a single integrated framework. The same automated scope change system manages both provisioning and decommissioning events, applies to multiple computing resource types (databases, storage, networking), and serves various role-based access scenarios, thereby improving productivity across the board without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary automated scope change mechanism that acts as a mediator between computing resource provisioning systems and RBAC access control systems. This intermediary layer receives resource change events, translates them into appropriate RBAC scope modifications, and executes the updates, thereby simplifying the overall system architecture by creating a dedicated coordination layer rather than requiring direct complex integration between all components.
4Reliability
If manual processing is used for cloud database access updates, then control over access is maintained, but time consumption increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary configuration of automated scope change rules and policy definitions before cloud database access updates are needed. When databases are provisioned or decommissioned in the cloud environment, the automated mechanism has pre-established the logic to immediately detect these changes and execute corresponding RBAC scope updates, reducing processing time from days to hours while maintaining reliable access control through pre-defined security policies.
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AI summary
An enterprise back-end application computer server may implement an access control system for an enterprise. A Role-Based Access Control (“RBAC”) scope data store may contain electronic records associated with a plurality of scopes for the enterprise. For each scope, the RBAC scope data store may include a set of computing resources that are accessible by roles associated with that scope. A computer processor of the back-end application computer server may identify a computing resource landscape change for the enterprise. Responsive to the identified computing resource landscape change, the computer server may automatically determine a modification to a set of computing resource access rules for at least one role. The system may then, responsive to the determination, automatically update the associated electronic record for the appropriate scope in the RBAC data store to reflect the computing resource landscape change.