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Providing authorization and authentication in a cloud for a user of a storage array

US9300660B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 29, 2015
Grant dateMar 29, 2016
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/72
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Providing authorization and authentication in a cloud for a user of a storage array includes: receiving, by a cloud-based security module from a client-side array services module, user credentials; authenticating, by the cloud-based security module, the user credentials; identifying, by the cloud-based security module, authorized access privileges defining one or more storage array services accessible by the user; generating, by the cloud-based security module, a token representing the authentication of the user credentials and the authorized access privileges; and providing, by the cloud-based security module to the client-side array services module, the token.

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