US 11,750,619 B2
Modify assigned privilege levels and limit access to resources
Naama Kraus, Haifa (IL); Tamer Salman, Haifa (IL); Moshe Israel, Ramat-Gan (IL); Moshe Shalala, Rishon Lezion (IL); Idan Hen, Tel Aviv (IL); Avihai Dvir, Bruchin (IL); and Rotem Lurie, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/913,876.
Prior Publication US 2021/0409419 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/105 (2013.01) [H04L 63/102 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory on which is stored machine-readable instructions that cause the processor to:
identify a privilege level assigned to a principal over a resource;
determine a length of inactivity by the principal with the resource;
determine a weight of the principal based on a type of the principal, wherein the type of the principal indicates an importance level of the principal in an organization;
determine a modification score based on the determined length of inactivity by the principal scaled by the weight of the principal;
determine whether the modification score exceeds a predefined modification threshold score; and
based on a determination that the modification score exceeds the predefined modification threshold score, modify the privilege level assigned to the principal over the resource.