Systems and methods for preventing excess user authentication token utilization conditions in an enterprise computer environment

An excess user authentication token utilization condition predictor comprising:

• a user authentication token size calculator operable for calculating a current user authentication token size for each enterprise user in an enterprise computer environment;
• an available user authentication token size calculator operable for calculating a currently available user authentication token size for each of said enterprise users based on said current user authentication token size;
• an average group identifier size calculator operable for calculating an average group identifier size for multiple user groups in said enterprise computer environment;
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• an excess user authentication token utilization condition calculator operable, based on said available user authentication token size and said average group identifier size, for calculating a number of additional group memberships of each of said enterprise users that can be expected to result in an excess user authentication token utilization condition.

A method for preventing an excess user authentication token utilization condition in an enterprise computer environment, the method comprising:

• calculating a number of additional group memberships of each of said enterprise users that can be expected to result in an excess user authentication token utilization condition;
• for each said enterprise user, estimating a number of additional group memberships of said enterprise user that will be created by an anticipated activity;
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• if said anticipated activity can be expected to result in an excess user authentication token utilization condition, modifying said anticipated activity so as to ensure that execution of said modified activity cannot be expected to result in an excess user authentication token utilization condition.

A method for ascertaining whether an excess user authentication token utilization condition is imminent in an enterprise computer environment, the method comprising:

• calculating a current user authentication token size for each enterprise user in an enterprise computer environment;
• calculating a currently available user authentication token size for each of said enterprise users based on said current user authentication token size;
• calculating an average group identifier size for multiple user groups in said enterprise computer environment;
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• based on said available user authentication token size and said average group identifier size, calculating a number of additional group memberships of each of said enterprise users that can be expected to result in an excess user authentication token utilization condition.