International Business Machines Corporation
REVISION OF ACCESS CONTROL PROCESS ACCORDING TO VIRTUAL ROLES OF SUBJECTS BASED ON ATTRIBUTES THEREOF

Abstract:

A solution is proposed for reviewing a control of access in an information technology system. A corresponding method comprises retrieving an indication of granted accesses to objects, being granted to subjects according to policies based on attributes. Virtual roles (each defined by one or more of the attributes) are determined according to a correlation among access types of the granted accesses and the attributes of the subjects being granted them. A computer program and a computer program product for performing the method are also proposed. Moreover, a system for implementing the method is proposed.