Automatically creating data protection roles using anonymized analytics

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12361168-B2
Application number	US-202318469294-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2023
Priority date	Aug 12, 2021
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

Selecting user access policies for a new system, by collecting user, access policy, and resource metadata for a plurality of other users storing data dictated by one or more access restriction policies. The collected metadata is anonymized with respect to personal identifying information, and is stored in an anonymized analytics database. The system receives specific user, access policy and resource metadata for the new system from a specific user, and matches the received specific user metadata to the collected metadata to identify an optimum access policy of the one or more access policies based on the assets and access restriction requirements of the new system. The new system is then configured with the identified optimum access policy as an initial configuration.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method of selecting data protection policies for a new system, comprising:
collecting, in a hardware-based asset metadata management component, role, permission, and resource metadata for a plurality of users accessing data in the respective systems under corresponding access rules, wherein the collected metadata is anonymized with respect to personal identifying information of the users;
storing the collected metadata in an anonymized analytics database, wherein the collected metadata is derived using a cluster analysis process and comprises access permissions of each user of the users that allow restriction by a user to a resource comprising at least one of: credential exchange, multi-factor authentication requirements, or use of an identity provider (IdP) service to gain access to the resource;
first receiving policy and asset metadata for the new system;
second receiving role, permission and resource metadata for the new system from a specific user;
first matching, in the component, the received policy and the asset metadata to the collected metadata to identify an optimum protection policy of one or more protection policies based on the assets and protection requirements of the new system;
second matching, in the component, the received specific policy and the asset metadata to the collected metadata to facilitate selection of an optimum access policy of one or more access policies based on assets and access restrictions of the new system;
defining a set of metrics characterizing each user in the system;
extracting metadata of the set of metrics from the specific user to be allowed access to the resource;
comparing each metric of the user with corresponding metadata of a plurality of clusters each containing one or more other users, wherein a unique access policy is assigned to each cluster of the plurality of clusters to be applied to each user within a respective cluster;
determining an overall affinity score of the user relative to each cluster; and
automatically grouping the specific user into a cluster with the highest overall affinity score; and
displaying to the specific user, through a graphical user interface (GUI), information regarding the matching to allow confirmation or change of identification of the optimum protection policy.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising configuring the new system with the identified optimum access policy as an initial configuration of the new system.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the new system is a newly deployed computer network installed at day zero of a deployment period.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the collected metadata comprises at least one of: a company type based on common industry classification, geolocation information of the specific user role names; and resource signatures for the access permissions of the users to resources within a respective system.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the resources comprise at least one of data stored within a system, or storage, interface, and processing devices within the system.

Assignees

• Emc Ip Holding Co Llc
• Dell Tech Inc

Inventors

• Minarik Jennifer M
• Malamut Mark
• Hutcheson Jacob R
• Freeman Brian E

Classifications

• G06F21/604

  Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems · CPC title

• G06F21/1082

  Backup or restore · CPC title

• G06F21/6245 Primary

  Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes · CPC title