Patent ID: 7890990
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: forming access information for staging with respect to a security system, wherein the security system operates to restrict access to secured electronic data based on access information, wherein the access information includes or references one or more of access rules or access policies including at least when and where the secured electronic data can be accessed by a plurality of users, wherein the access information is based on active access information currently in use by the security system, and wherein the active access information and the access information is stored in a database operatively connected to the security system; forming altered access information to modify the behavior of the security system during the staging; testing the behavior of the security system during the staging by operating the security system in accordance with the altered access information; and deploying the altered access information so as to synchronize the active access information stored in the database with the altered access information.