Salesforce had 64 patents in cybersecurity during Q4 2023. Salesforce Inc filed patents related to privilege escalation in a cloud platform, enterprise group-based communication system, expediting communications between organization members and external parties, processing tenant data in a multi-tenant system, and providing role-based access management to channels within a group-based communication system. These patents focus on enhancing access privileges, communication efficiency, data processing, and access control within various systems. GlobalData’s report on Salesforce gives a 360-degreee view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Salesforce grant share with cybersecurity as a theme is 67% in Q4 2023. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
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Application: Smart privilege escalation in a cloud platform (Patent ID: US20230418785A1)
The patent filed by Salesforce Inc. describes a method for privilege escalation in a cloud platform, where clients are provisioned access privileges to database entities covered by a license, along with a base escalation matrix containing additional access privileges not covered by the license. When a client attempts a CRUD operation on a database entity and fails due to lack of access privileges, an exception is triggered, prompting the system to fetch the base escalation matrix. The client's access privileges are then escalated by applying the additional privileges from the matrix to the current API query request, allowing the CRUD operation to be repeated before removing the escalated privileges. The method also includes creating an extended escalation matrix for new access privileges, caching the final escalation matrix, and providing a user interface for operators to modify the matrix.
The patent further details the creation and storage of base and extended escalation matrices, the implementation of the method in the internal layer of the cloud platform, and the use of a single base escalation matrix for all APIs. Additionally, a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium (NMRSM) is provided with instructions for executing the method on a server cluster within the cloud platform. The NMRSM includes instructions for creating, controlling, and storing the matrices, as well as implementing the privilege escalation process. The cloud platform itself is described as comprising a server cluster, database entities, APIs for CRUD operations, and the NMRSM for executing the privilege escalation method. Instructions for creating, caching, and displaying the matrices, as well as creating a single base matrix for all APIs, are also included in the patent claims.
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