Implementation of a Position Based Data Access Security Model at OSU

Presentation Summary

Michael Hansen, Oregon State University

When OSU deployed the OSU CORE BI solution the traditional security administration models did not scale when faced with administering user access to over 6,500 employees. Unable to fund additional FTE to administer user access OSU was forced to look outside the box for a better security administration solution. The result was that OSU developed an automated "Position/Classification Based Data Access" model which leveraged job/position classifications to assign security access. This model automates user access rights based on the "Principal of Least Privilege" according to data classification level and employee position/classification.