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Abstract

Apparatus and methods are described for enabling distribution of user-tailored pieces of a larger software program in a way that facilitates compliance with organizational policies around security, access control, and the like. The pieces, representing new or missing functionality in an existing instance of pre-installed software, are supplied as supplemental software fragments (“aspects”) that provide new or missing logic to a target application with the target application having to know of the fragment's existence. The number and quality of aspects provisioned to the user are tailored to the user's identity and/or organizational role in accordance with explicit policy governing such provisioning. In this manner, the user of the software gains functionality appropriate to his security level, title, or other qualifications, and the events surrounding the provisioning become loggable, traceable, and verifiable.

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