Patent ID: 9411963
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of identifying a risk associated with access to one or more computer system accounts being managed by an identity management system, comprising: for at least one access request type, the access request type representing computer system accounts that are requested by authorized users and managed by the identity management system, receiving data that defines risk metadata for the access request type, and associating the risk metadata with a type of visual indicator; displaying, on a display screen, a user interface that includes request access options to access the one or more computer system accounts being managed by the identity management system; and displaying, on the display screen, a graphic element in association with at least one of the request access options in the user interface, the graphic element being defined by the risk metadata and the type of visual indicator to identify the risk associated with access to the computer system account; wherein the receiving and displaying operations are carried out by software executing in a hardware element and provide for an improved operation of the identity management system.