Patent ID: 11962621
Assignee: SOPHOS LIMITED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A computer program product for applying a network access control configuration associated with the network switch, the computer program product comprising:
one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media having computer readable program code collectively stored on the one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media, the computer readable program code being executed by one or more processors of a computer system, including a threat management computer system and a network switch connected to the threat management computer system, to cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:
receiving, by the one or more processors of the threat management computer system, information related to device health of an electronic device;
determining, by the one or more processors of the threat management computer system, a health status of the electronic device based at least in part on the received information related to the device health of the electronic device;
requesting, by the network switch having the port connected to the electronic device, the health status of the electronic device from the one or more processors of the threat management computer system;
receiving, by the one or more processors of the threat management computer system, the request for the health status of the electronic device from the network switch;
transmitting, by the one or more processors of the threat management computer system, the health status of the electronic device to the network switch;
receiving, by the network switch, the transmitted health status of the electronic device;
evaluating, by the network switch, the transmitted health status of the electronic device using network access rules corresponding to health statuses; and
applying, by the network switch, a network access control configuration to the port of the network switch based on the evaluating the transmitted health status of the electronic device using the network access rules.