6. The computer-readable storage device of claim 5 further comprising computer instructions comprising using the access decision rating when an access decision is necessary.
5. A computer-readable storage device storing computer instructions, which, when executed, enables a computer system operating with a reputation provider for collecting and maintaining historical party reputation data and for using the historical party reputation data to calculate an access decision rating, the computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions comprising: collecting reputation information of a requester, the requester comprising a first user that is requesting access to one or more assets, and the reputation information is based on at least an association of the first user with an organization and an association of the first user with one or more other users associated with one or more other organizations; storing the requester's reputation information; calculating the access decision rating based upon the requester's reputation information; storing the access decision rating; determining a change in the requester's reputation information, wherein the change comprises at least one of: a) the first user forming a new association with another organization or b) the first user forming a new association with a second user, wherein the second user is affiliated with another organization; and causing a new access decision rating to be calculated based upon the determined change in the requester's reputation information.