IP Library Granted Patent US 10,609,041
Granted Patent B1
US 10,609,041 · App. 16/521,179 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

Enforcing granular access control policy

Inventors: Peter Wilczynski (San Francisco, CA); Arseny Bogomolov (Arlington, VA); Alexander Mark (New York, NY); Teofana Hadzhiganeva (Bethesda, MD); Kevin Ng (New York, NY); Nathaniel Klein (Washington, DC); Sharon Hao (Redwood City, CA)
Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
H04L63/104
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Patent No.
US 10,609,041
App. No.
16/521,179
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

An example method of enforcing granular access policy for embedded artifacts comprises: detecting an association of an embedded artifact with a resource container; associating the embedded artifact with at least a subset of an access control policy associated with the resource container; and responsive to receiving an access request to access the embedded artifact, applying the access control policy associated with the resource container for determining whether the access request is grantable.

Claims (55)

1. A method, comprising:

detecting, by a computer system, an association of an embedded artifact with a resource container;

associating the embedded artifact with at least a subset of an access control policy of the resource container;

responsive to receiving an access request to access the embedded artifact, applying the access control policy associated with the resource container for determining whether the access request is grantable;

creating a copy of the access control policy;

associating the embedded artifact with the copy of the access control policy; and

disassociating the embedded artifact from the resource container.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the embedded artifact is provided by one of: a file or a second resource container.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the embedded artifact comprises a first part associated with a first subset of the access control policy and a second part associated with a second subset of the access control policy.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein associating the embedded artifact with the subset of the access control policy is performed using an access control policy pointer stored in metadata of the embedded artifact.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the access control policy associated with the resource container further comprises:

identifying a permission associated, by the access control policy, with a user group associated with a user that initiated the access request; and

determining whether the permission matches an access type specified by the access request.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

creating a restrictive version of the access control policy;

associating the embedded artifact with the restrictive version of the access control policy;

redacting a part of the embedded artifact based on the restrictive version of the access control policy; and

sharing the embedded artifact with a user that is authorized to access the embedded artifact based on the restrictive version of the access control policy.

7. A system, comprising:

memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:

detect an association of an embedded artifact with a resource container;

associate the embedded artifact with at least a subset of an access control policy of the resource container;

responsive to receiving an access request to access the embedded artifact, apply the access control policy associated with the resource container for determining whether the access request is grantable;

create a restrictive version of the access control policy;

associate the embedded artifact with the restrictive version of the access control policy;

redact a part of the embedded artifact based on the restrictive version of the access control policy; and

share the embedded artifact with a user that is authorized to access the embedded artifact based on the restrictive version of the access control policy.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the embedded artifact is provided by one of: a file or a second resource container.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the embedded artifact comprises a first part associated with a first subset of the access control policy and a second part associated with a second subset of the access control policy.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein associating the embedded artifact with the subset of the access control policy is performed using an access control policy pointer stored in metadata of the embedded artifact.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein applying the access control policy associated with the resource container further comprises:

identifying a permission associated, by the access control policy, with a user group associated with a user that initiated the access request; and

determining whether the permission matches an access type specified by the access request.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

create a copy of the access control policy;

associate the embedded artifact with the copy of the access control policy; and

disassociate the embedded artifact from the resource container.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to:

detect an association of an embedded artifact with a resource container;

initialize an access control policy pointer of the embedded artifact to reference an access control policy associated with the resource container;

responsive to receiving an access request to access the embedded artifact, apply the access control policy associated with the resource container for determining whether the access request is grantable;

create a copy of the access control policy;

associate the embedded artifact with the copy of the access control policy; and

disassociate the embedded artifact from the resource container.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the embedded artifact is provided by one of: a file or a second resource container.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the embedded artifact comprises a first part associated with a first subset of the access control policy and a second part associated with a second subset of the access control policy.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein applying the access control policy associated with the resource container further comprises:

identifying a permission associated, by the access control policy, with a user group associated with a user that initiated the access request; and

determining whether the permission matches an access type specified by the access request.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , comprising executable instructions that, when executed by the computer system, cause the computer system to:

create a restrictive version of the access control policy;

associate the embedded artifact with the restrictive version of the access control policy;

redact a part of the embedded artifact based on the restrictive version of the access control policy; and

share the embedded artifact with a user that is authorized to access the embedded artifact based on the restrictive version of the access control policy.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2022
From: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 060572/0506 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2020
From: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 052856/0817 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2019
From: WILCZYNSKI, PETER; BOGOMOLOV, ARSENY; MARK, ALEXANDER; HADZHIGANEVA, TEOFANA; NG, KEVIN; KLEIN, NATHANIEL; HAO, SHARON
To: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 050089/0937 →
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