Patent ID: 8539604

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for versioning access control settings, comprising: detecting, using a computer device, changes to access control settings made by an administrator for a computer-based resource, wherein the changes to access control settings creates new access control settings; storing, in response to the detecting changes to access control settings, using the computer device, the new access control settings in a set of documents, wherein at least one set of previous access control settings is maintained, wherein the set of documents contains a history of changes to the access control settings for the computer-based resource, and wherein the history of changes includes at least one set of previous access control settings and, as a result of the storing, the new access control settings; detecting, in response to the detecting the changes to access control settings, an access control condition, wherein the access control condition is an undesired change in the access control setting for at least one user; and reverting, in response to the detecting the access control condition, to the at least one set of previous access control settings.