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US 2006/0143447 A1Published application
Managing elevated rights on a network
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsKaran Vasishth, Kimberley Hunter, Laurie Brown, Mark Lawrence, Matthias Leibmann
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Abstract
A method includes associating a task with one or more elevated rights, wherein the task is associated with a user's job responsibility and granting an elevated right account to the user based on a principle of least privilege, wherein the elevated right account provides the one or more elevated rights necessary to perform only the task associated with the elevated rights.
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A method comprising:
- associating a task with one or more elevated rights, wherein the task is associated with a user's job responsibility;
- and
- granting an elevated right account to the user based on a principle of least right, wherein the elevated right account provides the one or more elevated rights necessary to perform only the task associated with the elevated rights.
A system comprising:
- a memory;
- a task association data structure stored on the memory, the task association data structure associating a task with one or more rights required to perform the task;
- a web server generating an elevated right account request form enabling a requesting user to specify a desired right and a task performed by the requesting user.
A system comprising:
- a memory
- a task association table stored on the memory and associating a task with a set of one or more rights required to perform the task;
- and
- means for generating an elevated right account enabling an associated user to perform the task by virtue of the one or more rights.
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