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Cloud security policy enforcement for custom web applications

US11089064B1 · kind B1 · utility

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9References

18Claims

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Assignee

Skyhigh Networks, LLC · US

Inventors

Sekhar Sarukkai · Cupertino, US
Prasad Raghavendra Somasamudram · Kanchinakote, IN
Rama Taraniganty · Cupertino, US
Vikram Jaiswal · Fremont, US
Chapman Seto · San Jose, US
Ravi Hingarajiya · Sunnyvale, US
Surendrakumar Viswanathan · Santa Clara, US
Kaushik Narayan · San Jose, US
Pradeep Kumar Reddy Mangalapuri · Bengaluru, IN
Guruprasad Shenoy · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 21, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L41/0895
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cloud security method implement web security at the application level by monitoring network traffic and detecting cloud activities related to web applications, and then classifying the detected cloud activities to map certain security-related cloud activities into activity categories to enable security policy to be applied. The application-level cloud security method enables policy enforcement rules to be established for cloud activity categories. The security policies are then applied based on activity categories.

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