US Patent 7596803 Method and system for generating access policies

A method and system for generating security rules for implementation by a rule interpretation engine to define accessibility to one or more aspects of an Enterprise System is described. The method and system allow a security officer to graphically indicate an operation to be affected by the security rule being defined; a specific aspect of the system affected by the rule; a security regulation to be implemented by the rule; and an access type to be permitted by the rule.