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

Claim 10:
11. A computer system, comprising:
a network switch;
a threat management computer system having one or more processors;
one or more memory devices coupled to the one or more processors and/or the network switch; and
one or more computer readable storage devices coupled to the one or more processors and/or the network switch, wherein the one or more storage devices contain program code executable by the one or more processors and/or the network switch via the one or more memory devices to implement a method for applying a network access control configuration associated with the network switch, the 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.