1. System for authorizing access to resources requested by a first user, said first user submitting an ID of said first user as an individual requesting access to one of said resources, said first user being a member of a group comprising a plurality of individual users, said system comprising: a first table indicating at least one group of a plurality of individual users; a second table indicating which resources are accessible by which of said users and which resources are accessible by which of said groups; and authorization means for comparing said first user to entries in said first table to determine which group or groups said first user is a member and comparing said first user and said group or groups in which said first user is a member to entries in said second table to determine which resources said first user is authorized to access.