Abstract: A method for automatic folder ownership assignment, including ascertaining which first folders, among a first multiplicity of folders, have at least one of modify and write permissions to non-IT administration entities, adding the first folders to a list of candidates for ownership assignment, defining a second multiplicity of folders which is a subset of the first multiplicity of folders and not including the first folders and descendents and ancestors thereof, ascertaining which second folders among the second multiplicity of folders, have permissions to non-IT administration entities, adding the second folders to the candidates, defining a third multiplicity of folders, which is a subset of the second multiplicity of folders and not including the second folders and descendents and ancestors thereof, ascertaining which third folders among the third multiplicity of folders are topmost folders, adding the third folders to the candidates, and recommending possible assignment of ownership of the candidates.

Abstract: A method for automatic folder ownership assignment, including ascertaining which first folders, among a first multiplicity of folders, have at least one of modify and write permissions to non-IT administration entities, adding the first folders to a list of candidates for ownership assignment, defining a second multiplicity of folders which is a subset of the first multiplicity of folders and not including the first folders and descendents and ancestors thereof, ascertaining which second folders among the second multiplicity of folders, have permissions to non-IT administration entities, adding the second folders to the candidates, defining a third multiplicity of folders, which is a subset of the second multiplicity of folders and not including the second folders and descendents and ancestors thereof, ascertaining which third folders among the third multiplicity of folders are topmost folders, adding the third folders to the candidates, and recommending possible assignment of ownership of the candidates.

Abstract: A method for controlling access to a file system having data elements, including the steps of maintaining a record of respective actual accesses by users of the file system to the data elements, defining a proposed removal of a set of the users from a superset of the users, wherein members of the superset have common access privileges to a portion of the data elements, and wherein following an implementation of the proposed removal, members of the set retain respective proposed residual access permissions, ascertaining, prior to the implementation of the proposed removal, that at least one of the respective actual accesses are disallowed to the members of the set, or to non-members of the set having actual access profiles which are similar to the actual access profiles of the members of the set, by the respective proposed residual access permissions, and generating an error indication, responsively to the ascertaining.

Abstract: A method for automatically ascertaining the presence of shared data elements stored on multiple storage resources in a network, the method including automatically ascertaining the presence of multiple storage resources on the network by continuously monitoring the network, for each of the multiple storage resources ascertained to be present in the network, automatically ascertaining the presence of shared data elements associated with data elements stored thereon, and for each of the shared data elements ascertained to be stored on the multiple storage resources in the network, automatically ascertaining at least one property of at least one share designator associated with each of the shared data elements.

Abstract: An automatic resource ownership assignment system, the system including resource ownership indicators definition functionality operative to allow an operator of the system to define resource ownership indicators, automatic resource ownership recommendation functionality operative to provide, to at least one user of the system, a recommendation to assign ownership of at least one resource to a potential owner, based on the resource ownership indicators, and automatic resource ownership assignment functionality which, responsive to predetermined at least partial approval of the at least one recommendation by the at least one user and approval of said at least one recommendation by the potential owner, is operative to automatically assign ownership of the at least one resource to the potential owner.

Abstract: A computerized method and apparatus for distinguishing between false positive read events and true positive events of reading a file, comprising determining an amount of date read from the file, in case the amount of data exceeds a threshold generating a true positive read event, otherwise generating a false positive read event in case a decision condition is met, and an apparatus to carry out the same.

Abstract: A method for requesting access rights for an object of a computerized system, comprising invoking in a remote computer linkable to the computerized system an add-on program configured for notifying an owner of the object of the computerized system according to received contact data of the owner of the object, thereby requesting from the owner of the object access rights to the object independently of the computerized system, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: An enterprise level data element review system including a data access event collection subsystem operative to collect data access event notifications relating to ones of a multiplicity of data elements, a data element metadata modification subassembly receiving an output from the data access event collection subsystem and providing a script indicating which data elements have had a metadata modification over a given period of time, and a data element dancer operative to collect at least one of metadata and access permissions for a plurality of data elements which is substantially less than the multiplicity of data elements and is selected on the basis of the script.

Abstract: A system for operating an enterprise computer network including multiple network objects, said system comprising monitoring and collection functionality for obtaining continuously updated information regarding at least one of access permissions and actual usage of said network objects, and entitlement review by owner functionality operative to present to at least one owner of at least one network object a visually sensible indication of authorization status including a specific indication of users which were not yet authorized by said at least one owner of said at least one network object.

Abstract: A method for automatic folder ownership assignment, including ascertaining which first folders, among a first multiplicity of folders, have at least one of modify and write permissions to non-IT administration entities, adding the first folders to a list of candidates for ownership assignment, defining a second multiplicity of folders which is a subset of the first multiplicity of folders and not including the first folders and descendents and ancestors thereof, ascertaining which second folders among the second multiplicity of folders, have permissions to non-IT administration entities, adding the second folders to the candidates, defining a third multiplicity of folders, which is a subset of the second multiplicity of folders and not including the second folders and descendents and ancestors thereof, ascertaining which third folders among the third multiplicity of folders are topmost folders, adding the third folders to the candidates, and recommending possible assignment of ownership of the candidates.

Abstract: A system for operating an enterprise computer network including multiple disparate clients, data elements and computer resources, the system including monitoring and collection functionality for providing continuously updated metadata relating to at least one of actual access, access permissions and content of the data elements and operating functionality utilizing the continuously updated metadata provided by the monitoring and collection functionality for functions other than reporting the at least one of actual access, access permissions and content or recommending changes in the access permissions.

Abstract: A system for operating an enterprise computer network including multiple network objects, said system comprising monitoring and collection functionality for obtaining continuously updated information regarding at least one of access permissions and actual usage of said network objects, and entitlement review by owner functionality operative to present to at least one owner of at least one network object a visually sensible indication of authorization status including a specific indication of users which were not yet authorized by said at least one owner of said at least one network object.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for decentralizing user data access rights control activities in networked organizations having diverse access control models and file server protocols. A folder management application enables end users of the file system to make requests for access to storage elements, either individually, or by becoming members of a user group having group access privileges. Responsibility for dealing with such requests is distributed to respective group owners and data owners, who may delegate responsibility to authorizers. The application may also consider automatically generated proposals for changes to access privileges. An automatic system continually monitors and analyzes access behavior by users who have been pre-classified into groups having common data access privileges. As the organizational structure changes, these groups are adaptively changed both in composition and in data access rights.

Abstract: A method for requesting access rights for an object of a computerized system comprising installing in the computerized system a code that associates an object with an owner of the object, thereby enabling to automatically request access rights for the object from an owner of the object, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A method for a secure search in a computerized system having a storage, comprising searching for objects in the storage of the computerized system according to search criteria provided by a user wherein the criteria comprise at least one attribute of the objects, identifying objects that meet the criteria and displaying representations respective of identified objects that are accessible to the user, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A method for automatic folder ownership assignment, including ascertaining which first folders, among a first multiplicity of folders, have at least one of modify and write permissions to non-IT administration entities, adding the first folders to a list of candidates for ownership assignment, defining a second multiplicity of folders which is a subset of the first multiplicity of folders and not including the first folders and descendents and ancestors thereof, ascertaining which second folders among the second multiplicity of folders, have permissions to non-IT administration entities, adding the second folders to the candidates, defining a third multiplicity of folders, which is a subset of the second multiplicity of folders and not including the second folders and descendents and ancestors thereof, ascertaining which third folders among the third multiplicity of folders are topmost folders, adding the third folders to the candidates, and recommending possible assignment of ownership of the candidates.

Abstract: A method for exchanging data between a remote computer and a computerized system remotely connected therebetween, the remote computer having a client application and the computerized system having a storage of objects, a system housekeeping and a service operating on an at least one computer, the method comprising retrieving by the remote computer an object of the storage under the system housekeeping by interaction of the client application with the service, affecting the retrieved object at the remote computer and updating the storage with the affected object, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A computerized method and apparatus for distinguishing between false positive read events and true positive events of reading a file, comprising determining an amount of date read from the file, in case the amount of data exceeds a threshold generating a true positive read event, otherwise generating a false positive read event in case a decision condition is met, and an apparatus to carry out the same.

Abstract: A method for automatic folder ownership assignment, including ascertaining which first folders, among a first multiplicity of folders, have at least one of modify and write permissions to non-IT administration entities, adding the first folders to a list of candidates for ownership assignment, defining a second multiplicity of folders which is a subset of the first multiplicity of folders and not including the first folders and descendents and ancestors thereof, ascertaining which second folders among the second multiplicity of folders, have permissions to non-IT administration entities, adding the second folders to the candidates, defining a third multiplicity of folders, which is a subset of the second multiplicity of folders and not including the second folders and descendents and ancestors thereof, ascertaining which third folders among the third multiplicity of folders are topmost folders, adding the third folders to the candidates, and recommending possible assignment of ownership of the candidates.

Abstract: A method for automatic folder ownership assignment, including ascertaining which first folders, among a first multiplicity of folders, have at least one of modify and write permissions to non-IT administration entities, adding the first folders to a list of candidates for ownership assignment, defining a second multiplicity of folders which is a subset of the first multiplicity of folders and not including the first folders and descendents and ancestors thereof, ascertaining which second folders among the second multiplicity of folders, have permissions to non-IT administration entities, adding the second folders to the candidates, defining a third multiplicity of folders, which is a subset of the second multiplicity of folders and not including the second folders and descendents and ancestors thereof, ascertaining which third folders among the third multiplicity of folders are topmost folders, adding the third folders to the candidates, and recommending possible assignment of ownership of the candidates.