Patent ID: 9602508
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first server running a security component, a notification regarding a computing device different from the first server; sending at least one instruction to the computing device, by the security component in response to the notification, to deny use of at least one computing device function until the computing device receives at least one instruction from the security component to permit the use of the at least one denied computing device function; receiving, by the security component, a request from a requesting party to initiate an action on the computing device, the action requiring the use of the at least one denied computing device function; sending, by the security component in response to the request, a message to a set of designated authorizing parties, the message regarding whether to permit the use of the at least one denied computing device function; authenticating, by the security component, a first party, the first party being from the set of designated authorizing parties; authenticating, by the security component, a second party, the second party being from the set of designated authorizing parties, the second party being different from the first party; receiving, by the security component, authorization from the first party; receiving, by the security component, authorization from the second party; and after successful authentications of the first and second parties and receipt of the authorization from the first party and receipt of the authorization from the second party, by the security component running on the first server, sending, by the security component, at least one instruction to the computing device that permits the use of the at least one denied computing device function and permits the action requiring the use of the at least one denied computing device function.