EJB 3.0 provides method-level permissioning as a standard feature. You can use that. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3960571#3960571 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3960571