Dynamically enforcing context sensitive network access control policies
US11533312B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 10, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/2592
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure envisages enforcing micro-segmentation policies on a user computer that intermittently migrates between a secured enterprise network and an unsecured network, for instance, a public network. The present disclosure envisages switching between appropriate micro-segmentation policies, in-line with the change in the current location of the user device, the change triggered by the user device migrating from the enterprise network to an unsecured network or vice-versa. The present disclosure envisages selectively enforcing micro-segmentation policies upon a user device based on the current location thereof, such that the micro-segmentation policies and the corresponding access permissions assigned to the user device differ in line with the current location of the user device, thereby exposing sensitive enterprise resources, forming a part of the enterprise network, in a selective and restricted manner, in line with the micro-segmentation policies enforced upon the user device based primarily on the current location of the user device.
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