Managing claiming of unrecognized devices for admission to an enterprise network

US10986092B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Sophos Limited · GB

Inventors

• John Edward Tyrone Shaw · Felton, GB
• Ross McKerchar · Bristol, GB
• Moritz Daniel Grimm · Bruchsal, DE
• Jan Karl Heinrich Weber · Karlsruhe, DE
• Shail Talati · Santa Clara, US
• Kenneth D. Ray · Seattle, US
• Andrew J. Thomas · Woodstock, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 2018
• Grant date: Apr 20, 2021
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A threat management facility detects a device on an enterprise network and determines whether the device is one of a set of managed devices for the enterprise network. When the device is not one of the set of managed devices, the threat management facility may determine whether the device is manageable. When the device is unrecognized and unmanageable, a portal may provide support to a user of the device by listing the device on an unclaimed device page published by the portal and accessible to authorized users of the enterprise network. An authorized user may claim the unrecognized device from the unclaimed device page and, in the process, may provide additional information regarding the unrecognized device. Once claimed, the previously unrecognized device may be permitted to communicate over the enterprise network.