getRole – Role mining with cluster analysis
   

Contact point:
Ulrike Steffens ( )
OFFIS e.V., Oldenburg, Germany
  

Technical Contact Points:
Ulrike Steffens ( ) and Türk Kiziltoprak ( )
OFFIS e.V., Oldenburg, Germany
  

Type of Software:
STABLE PROTOTYPE
   

Descriptive Keywords:
cluster analysis, data mining, role definition, role engineering, role hierarchy, role mining, role-based access control
   

Potential Use and Applications:
The software is able to support the process of establishing role based access control structures in organisations. Also it can help monitoring existing RBAC structures.
  

General Description:
With continuously growing numbers of applications, organisations face the problem of efficiently managing the assignment of access permissions to their users. The software enables the visualisation of the implicit role based access control structure by using the existing permissions of the users.
  

Technical Description:
The software is a stand-alone Java application based on the development environment Eclipse.
  

Required User Skills:
Knowledge about the organisational structures.
  

Pre-Requisites for Installation:
Java
  

Conditions of Use:
Free download from the website www.getrole.de.
For using the tool a test license is necessary, available by contacting