Patent ID: 9565194
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium, comprising computer-executable instructions carried on the medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to: receive a request from a user to access a network; receive a plurality of data associated with the user, the plurality of data comprising a plurality of social data associated with the user's relationship to a social circle; select an electronic security policy based at least on the plurality of social data; and authenticate the user to the network if the electronic security policy permits authentication based at least on the plurality of social data, wherein the instructions to authenticate the user to the network include instructions to authenticate the user, during attendance by the user at an event, based on a connection of the user through the social data to an entity of the network and on a policy for network access for attendees of the event.