Patent ID: 8606817

Claim:
An apparatus configured for centralized database access management, the apparatus comprising: a computing platform including a processor and a memory; and a database access management tool stored in the memory, executable by the processor and configured to provide centralized database access management for a plurality of databases that store non-public information at corresponding database servers, wherein the tool includes: a database access control routine configured to receive an unblock input that includes (1) a user-specific unblock date and time configured for automatically providing a database user access to a database from which the database user is currently blocked from access upon occurrence of the unblock date and time and (2) a user-specific block date and time configured for automatically blocking the database user from accessing the database upon occurrence of the block date and time, wherein, based on receipt of the unblock input, the tool is configured to communicate (1) a first block list update request to a database server that stores the database, wherein the first block list update is configured to remove, at the unblock date and time, the database user from a block list and (2) communicate a second block list update request to the database server, wherein the second block list update is configured to add, at the block date and time, the database user to the block list.