Permission tracking systems and methods

摘要

Systems and methods for permission maintenance are presented. In one embodiment, a permission maintenance method includes: gathering permission indication information including permission indications associated with various stored information; analyzing the permission indication information including analyzing potential permission indication origination; and creating interface presentation information based upon results of the analyzing the permission indications, wherein the interface presentation information includes information related to potential origination of a permission indication. The gathering can include scanning a file system and collecting active directory information. The analyzing can include determining the type of access a principal is given to a file. The analyzing can also include determining if a principal is associated with a group and the type of permissions given to the group. In one exemplary implementation, the permission indication information is organized in accordance with potential permission indication origination. In one embodiment, the interface presentation information is presented in a Graphical User Interface, including a permission indicator and the information related to potential origination of the permission indicator.

主权项

1. A permission tracking method comprising:
gathering permission indication information including permission indications associated with various stored information, wherein said permission indication information is gathered from a previously compiled access control list; analyzing said permission indication information including analyzing potential permission indication origination, wherein said potential permission indication origination is determined by parsing said previously compiled access control list for a source of user permission information; and creating interface presentation information based upon results of analyzing said permission indications, wherein said interface presentation information includes information related to potential origination of a permission indication, and said permission presentation interface includes a two dimensional array in which a first axis includes a principal indication and a second axis includes an indication of a path component, wherein array cells at an intersection aligned with said first axis and said second axis include control point permission indictors when there is a change in a permission indication.