Patent ID: 9251349
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of attesting a virtual machine migrating from a first environment to a second environment comprising: in response to initiation of a migration of the virtual machine from the first environment to the second environment, a trusted management unit of the second environment: in response to determining that the first security level is not equivalent to or higher than the second security level, the trusted management unit of the second environment: restricting of the virtual machine in the second environment by placing one or more limits on the operation of the virtual machine in the second environment, wherein the restricting further comprises confining the virtual machine to a particular separate virtual local area network (vLAN) until a subsequent security check is performed that verifies that the security setting of the virtual machine is equivalent to or better than the security setting defined by the second security policy for the second environment.