Patent ID: 8656467
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: at least a first application; an authentication component configured to authenticate a communicating device; an access control component accessible in response to a communicating device requesting access to the first application without the communicating device having been authenticated by the authentication component, and arranged to arbitrate whether access of the communicating device to the first application is granted or refused wherein the access control component is configured to instruct the authentication component to authenticate the communicating device if the access control component determines, based on at least one of stored application security level data and stored device security level data, that authentication is required, wherein the access control component is configured to receive indications originating from the communicating device identifying the communicating device and the application requested; and wherein the authentication component is configured to authenticate the communicating device by verifying an identity of the communicating device or by verifying a personal identification number.