Soft token posture assessment
US8683563B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/06
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An improved technique for assessing the security status of a device on which a soft token is run collects device posture information from the device running the soft token and initiates transmission of the device posture information to a server to be used in assessing whether the device has been subjected to malicious activity. The device posture information may relate to the software status, hardware status, and/or environmental context of the device. In some examples, the device posture information is transmitted to the server directly. In other examples, the device posture information is transmitted to the server via auxiliary bits embedded in passcodes displayed to the user, which the user may read and transfer to the server as part of authentication requests. The server may apply the device posture information in a number of areas, including, for example, authentication management, risk assessment, and/or security analytics.
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