Patent ID: 7934249
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer controlled method comprising: maintaining, by a computer, a plurality of sensitivity-entities, wherein a first sensitivity-entity among the plurality of sensitivity-entities is associated with one or more protected-entities, and wherein the first sensitivity-entity comprises a first sensitivity-access-control-list and a local-access-control-list, wherein the sensitivity-access-control-list controls access to the associated protected-entities and the local-access-control-list controls access to the first sensitivity-entity; receiving, at the computer, a request from a user to access a first protected-entity in the associated protected-entities; determining the user's access rights to said first protected-entity based on the first sensitivity-access-control-list; and responsive to the first sensitivity-access-control-list indicating that the user has rights to access the requested first protected-entity, granting, by the computer, the user the access to said first protected-entity.