Systems and methods for data driven infrastructure access control

A system for real-time data protection, comprising:

• an access gateway comprising at least one computer processor and executing a gateway computer program;
• a user access device;
• a plurality of assets;
• and
• an in-memory entitlement graph;
• wherein:
• the gateway computer program receives a user login comprising a user identifier from the user access device;
• the gateway computer program retrieves a role definition for the user identifier from the in-memory entitlement graph, wherein the role definition comprises allowed actions, entitled assets, and a system account;
• the gateway computer program receives a selection of a requested asset from the entitled assets and a requested action from the allowed actions from the user access device;
• the gateway computer program verifies the user's entitlement with the in-memory entitlement graph based on the user identifier, the system account, the requested asset, and the requested action, wherein the in-memory entitlement graph validates organizational changes and incident management controls;
• and
• the gateway computer program authorizes the user's entitlement to access the requested asset and perform the requested action with the system account substantially at a time of requested access.