How to Implement Access Rights in an MIS Project
This is an incremental approach for organizations to secure their MIS data by controlling access based on user roles and parameters.
The paper addresses the problem of protecting MIS data from misuse by implementing access rights based on user roles and parameters, resulting in a system that allocates specific access rights to individuals.
The MIS data is critical to an organization and should be protected from misuse by wrong persons. Although The MIS data is typically meant for the senior managers each MIS report may not be required by every manager. The access to MIS data is determined by the role of an individual in the organization and controlled by the MIS administrator accordingly. The access is generally determined by the following parameters, (a) the type of user (such as staff or manager etc.), (b) the type of data (whether general data or managerial data), (c) level of access (read/ write/ admin access) and (d) special access allocated by MIS admin. By combining all the above four parameters, each individual user can be allocated exact specific rights required to access the MIS.