Axiomatics Reverse Query (ARQ) provides an instant list of conditions that need to be met in order for access to be granted to a resource. Your policy enforcement points can utilize ARQ to create a list of permissions that a specific user may or may not access, or a list detailing which users can access one or more resources from an infinite number of records, in real-time.

The powerful tool means that users can not only utilize the Axiomatics Policy Server (APS) to enforce policies across the enterprise by means of specific access control queries such as 'should user A be granted read access to resource R?, but also service open questions such as 'which five of the millions of records in the database is user A allowed to view or access?. Accordingly, it is possible to formulate queries such as List the resources User A can edit or List the records Manager B can view.

ARQ filters exactly what can be accessed from millions or billions of records, in a single query, thus enabling much faster externalized access control for applications such as databases or content management systems. It also provides considerably finer-grained access control than was previously possible with legacy products or access control that was embedded within the application. This helps bring better visibility and manageability into enterprise data access, making it easier to ensure that access control policies meet with business rules and legal regulations.

ARQ combines Axiomatics' Policy Decision Point (PDP) with innovative, patent pending technology from Axiomatics' R&D labs.