Patent ID: 9565212
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a gateway associated with an enterprise, an authentication request from a remote user device to access a service provided by the enterprise, wherein the authentication request originates from an application managed by the enterprise and which runs on the remote user device, and wherein the authentication request comprises a password, an identifier of the remote user device, an application family, and a type of the device; generating a framework authentication token using the received password, identifier of the remote user device, application family, and type of device, and a security policy based on the service provided by the enterprise that the remote user device is requesting to access; transmitting the framework authentication token and the security policy to the remote user device, wherein the remote user device ensures compliance with the security policy before generating a connection request to connect to the service; and receiving, from the remote user device, the connection request based on the framework authentication token and the security policy, wherein a service authenticator determines if the remote user device is authorized to access the service.