CONTROLLING TASKS PERFORMED ON COMPUTER SYSTEMS TO SAFEGUARD THE SYSTEMS

摘要

An approach is provided for controlling a task. A change ticket is received. A task to perform the change ticket is correlated with command(s) to perform the task, user(s) who are authorized to initiate execution of the command(s), and an authorized location to initiate the execution of the command(s). A request is made by a requestor to execute one of the command(s). It is determined whether (a) the requestor is currently located at the authorized location correlated with the task and (b) the requestor is one of the user(s) correlated with the task. Based in part on (a) and (b) being true, the requested command is executed. If (a) or (b) is false, then execution of the requested command is prevented.

主权项

1. A method of controlling a task, the method comprising the steps of:
a computer receiving a change ticket; the computer correlating a task to perform the change ticket with one or more commands to perform the task, one or more users who are authorized to initiate execution of the one or more commands to perform the task for the change ticket, and an authorized location to initiate the execution of the one or more commands to perform the task; and subsequently, the computer determining that a request has been made by a requestor to execute one of the one or more commands to perform the task for the change ticket, and in response, the computer determining if (a) the requestor is currently located at the authorized location correlated with the task, and (b) the requestor is one of the one or more users correlated with the task; based in part on (a) and (b) being true, the computer executing the requested command; and if (a) or (b) is false, the computer preventing execution of the requested command.