ACCESS CONTROL FOR OBJECTS HAVING ATTRIBUTES DEFINED AGAINST HIERARCHICALLY ORGANIZED DOMAINS CONTAINING FIXED NUMBER OF VALUES

摘要

An aspect of the present disclosure facilitates controlling access to objects having attributes defined against hierarchically organized domains, with each domain containing a corresponding fixed number of values. In one embodiment, in response to receiving data indicating specific hierarchies of the hierarchically organized domains, the corresponding fixed number of values of the corresponding domains in each hierarchy is displayed. Upon selection (by an administrator) of a desired set of values from the corresponding fixed number of values of the corresponding domains, a security rule is specified for a combination of the selected set of values and a user entity. The security rule is thereafter enforced when objects having attributes matching the selected set of values are accessed by the user entity.