Storage array access control from cloud-based user authorization and authentication
US9444822B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 2015 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2035 |
Classification
- 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 storage array access module from a client-side array services module, a token representing authentication of user credentials and authorized access privileges defining one or more storage array services accessible by the user, where the token is generated by a cloud-based security module upon authentication of the user credentials and identification of authorized access privileges for the user; receiving, by the storage array access module from the user, a user access request to one or more storage array services; and determining, by the storage array access module, whether to grant the user access request in dependence upon the authorized access privileges represented by the token.
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