Security domains for aware placement of workloads within converged infrastructure information handling systems
US10417431B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 9, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5077
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed methods and systems discover trust and security information indicative of trust and security capabilities of information handling resources. Based on the trust and security information and a corresponding algorithm, a trust index may be calculated for a particular system. Trust index values may be used to influence subsequent placements of virtual machines, application services, or other objects. Discovery may include invoking resource-specific trust and security discovery adapters to access a resource manifest indicating an interface and trust and discovery artifacts associated with the resource of interest and determine which, if any, of the applicable trust and discovery artifacts are implemented in the applicable system. The trust index may be calculated by determining which trust and security artifacts a particular system includes and, for each such artifact, multiplying a trust assessment assigned to the artifact by a user configurable weighting and summing the resulting products for each artifact.
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