Seamless provision of secret token to cloud-based assets on demand
US10027658B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 12, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/41
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for providing security tokens to cloud-based assets on demand. Operations performed in the disclosed embodiments include receiving a prompt from a cloud-based asset indicating that the cloud-based asset is seeking to communicate with an access-controlled resource, wherein the cloud-based asset lacks authorization to communicate with the access-controlled resource. Additionally, the operations include extracting information associated with the cloud-based asset by accessing a trusted cloud platform resource storing data associated with verified cloud-based assets, where the trusted cloud platform resource is separate from the cloud-based asset, and authenticating the cloud-based asset based on the extracted information. The operations also include generating a security token for the cloud-based asset, making a first portion of the security token available to be injected into the cloud-based asset, and responding to the prompt with a second portion of the security token.
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