Method and system for identification of data owner in an unstructured data environment

摘要

A system and method of identifying a data owner examining a plurality of criterion including access type, number of accesses at a given time and over the period of time selected, recentness of access, and permission levels of users. The method of file owner identification comprises collecting a plurality of samples including usage of a file by a plurality of users. A plurality of factors is calculated based on said plurality of users, wherein a respective factor is calculated for each of said plurality of users, wherein each factor is based on a plurality of use elements. Based on said plurality of factors, a file owner is determined of said file from among said plurality of users. The file owner may be communicated and/or displayed e.g., in a graph.

主权项

1. A method of automatic file owner identification, said method comprising:
collecting a plurality of samples indicating usage of a file by a plurality of users; calculating, using at least one computer processor, a plurality of factors based on said plurality of users, wherein a respective factor is calculated for each of said plurality of users, wherein each respective factor for each sample equals (Ai)(K*n)(N)(Pu), wherein:
n is a sample number of an individual sample;K is a weight assigned to said time represented by each sample n;Ai is a weight for access type;N is a number of accesses that occurred in said sample; andPu is a weight based on permissions given to an individual user u; calculating a respective value for each of the plurality of users of said file based on said use elements by summing the plurality of factors associated with the plurality of samples; automatically determining a file owner of said file from among said plurality of users based on the plurality of factors, wherein the file owner is determined based on said calculated respective value for each of the plurality of users; and communicating said file owner.