Patent ID: 8904557

Claim:
A method in a computer system to preserve data authorizations for imported data comprising operating the computer system to perform steps of: receiving first data from a first system having first data protection controls to provide data security for and control access to first data stored on the first system; producing an authorization model representative of a configuration of the first data protection controls that is used to secure and access the first data; and causing the first data to be imported from the first system and exported onto a second system, without changing the first data, the second system having second data protection controls, different from the first data protection controls, and enabling data security for and control access to the first data stored on the second system without changing the first data by: using the authorization model to transform the configuration of the first data protection controls into a configuration of the second data protection controls; and applying the configuration of the second data protection controls to the first data, thereby projecting the authorization model associated with the first data stored on the first system to the first data stored on the second system without changing the first data.