System and method for granular permissions auditing
Systems, methods, and computer readable medium are provided for an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) presenting multi-layered permissions in a collaborative software platform. A GUI presenting permissions includes a processor for: receiving a signal to access permission data associated with performance an action by a user of the collaborative software platform; accessing a multi-layered permission hierarchy linked to a centralized authorization manager and associated with the user and the action; traversing the hierarchy to identify permission levels associated with the performance of the action by the user; collecting the permission data from the identified permission levels; using the permission data to identify a restriction associated with the action; and in a first mode, visually indicating which action is restricted for the user, and which action is permitted; and in a second mode, for a particular action, visually indicating which permission level permits the action, and which restricts the action.
1 . A system for providing an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) to enable presentation of multi-layered permissions in a collaborative software platform, the system comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
receive a signal to access permission data associated with performance of at least one action by a user of the collaborative software platform;
access a multi-layered permission hierarchy associated with the user and the at least one action, wherein the multi-layered permission hierarchy is linked to a centralized authorization manager of the software platform;
traverse the multi-layered permission hierarchy to identify a plurality of permission levels in the multi-layered permission hierarchy associated with the performance of at least one action by the user;
collect the permission data from the identified permission levels associated with the performance of at least one action by the user in the multi-layered permission hierarchy;
use the permission data to identify at least one restriction associated with performance of the at least one action; and
in a first mode of operation, visually indicate which of the at least one action is associated with the at least one restriction thereby being restricted for performance by the user, and which of the at least one action is unassociated with the at least one restriction thereby being permitted for performance by the user; and
in a second mode of operation, for a particular action of the at least one action, visually indicate which of the identified permission levels permit the user to perform the particular action, and which of the identified permission levels restrict the user from performing the particular action.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display at least one call-to-action (CTA) for resolving the at least one restriction.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one CTA is a single CTA for resolving all the restrictions associated with the action via a single input.
4 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one CTA is a single CTA for resolving a single identified permission level restricting the user from performing the particular action.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the collaborative software platform is a SaaS platform.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the signal is received in a context of a software application implemented on the collaborative platform.
7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the software application includes a board presenting data accessible via the collaborative software platform.
8 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: identify an additional software application on the collaborative platform associated with the at least one action, and communicate with the additional software application, detect an association between the software application and the additional software application, retrieve data associated with the additional software application, and visually indicate the additional software application.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one action includes a collection of actions.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the signal is indicative of a request to view available actions for performance by the user.
11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the signal is received following receipt of a prior signal indicative of a selection of the user from a plurality of available users.
12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one action is a single action.
13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the signal is received following receipt of a prior signal indicative of a selection of the single action from a plurality of available actions.
14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to implement at least one AI agent for:
analyzing the multi-layered permission hierarchy to identify a current role for the user, the current role being associated with at least one of the permission levels in the multi-layered permission hierarchy attributable to restricting the at least one action, and
generate a natural language explanation for the at least one restriction associated with performance of the at least one action by the user as a consequence of the current role.
15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the interactive GUI includes a natural language interface, and wherein the signal is indicative of a natural language query, and wherein the at least one AI agent is configured to process the natural language query to generate the natural language explanation for the at least one restriction associated with performance of the at least one action.
16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one AI agent is further configured to determine a resolution for the at least one restriction associated with performance of the at least one action, and present the resolution as a recommendation.
17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the resolution includes an assignment of a new role for the user to replace the current role.
18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the new role resolves at least two of the identified permission levels in the multi-layered permission hierarchy attributable to restricting at least one action.
19 . The system of claim 16 , wherein determining the resolution includes evaluating a plurality of candidate resolutions using scoring model in accordance with a least privilege policy.
20 . The system of claim 1 , wherein visually indicating which of the at least one action is associated with the at least one restriction or which of the identified permission levels restrict the user from performing the particular action prevents an attempt by the user to perform the at least one action, thereby conserving processing power.
21 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to enable transitioning between the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation in response to receiving an additional signal via the interactive graphical user interface.
22 . A computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform operations for implementing an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) to enable presentation of multi-layered permissions in a collaborative software platform, the operations comprising:
receiving a signal to access permission data associated with performance of at least one action by a user of the collaborative software platform;
accessing a multi-layered permission hierarchy associated with the user and the at least one action, wherein the multi-layered permission hierarchy is linked to a centralized authorization manager of the software platform;
traversing the multi-layered permission hierarchy to identify a plurality of permission levels in the multi-layered permission hierarchy associated with the performance of at least one action by the user;
collecting the permission data from the identified permission levels associated with the performance of at least one action by the user in the multi-layered permission hierarchy;
using the permission data to identify at least one restriction associated with performance of the at least one action; and
in a first mode of operation, visually indicating which of the at least one action is associated with the at least one restriction thereby being restricted for performance by the user, and which of the at least one action is unassociated with the at least one restriction thereby being permitted for performance by the user; and
in a second mode of operation, for a particular action of the at least one action, visually indicating which of the identified permission levels permit the user to perform the particular action, and which of the identified permission levels restrict the user from performing the particular action.
23 . A method for implementing an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) to enable presentation of multi-layered permissions in a collaborative software platform, the method comprising:
receiving a signal to access permission data associated with performance of at least one action by a user of the collaborative software platform;
accessing a multi-layered permission hierarchy associated with the user and the at least one action, wherein the multi-layered permission hierarchy is linked to a centralized authorization manager of the software platform;
traversing the multi-layered permission hierarchy to identify a plurality of permission levels in the multi-layered permission hierarchy associated with the performance of at least one action by the user;
collecting the permission data from the identified permission levels associated with the performance of at least one action by the user in the multi-layered permission hierarchy;
using the permission data to identify at least one restriction associated with performance of the at least one action; and
in a first mode of operation, visually indicating which of the at least one action is associated with the at least one restriction thereby being restricted for performance by the user, and which of the at least one action is unassociated with the at least one restriction thereby being permitted for performance by the user; and
in a second mode of operation, for a particular action of the at least one action, visually indicating which of the identified permission levels permit the user to perform the particular action, and which of the identified permission levels restrict the user from performing the particular action.