Patent ID: 8590004
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A data network access security system for regulating access to resources on a data network, said system comprising: a network security and monitoring system (NSMS) for monitoring access of end systems to the network; and an access policy module to receive authentication credentials from an access point through which a first client device is attempting to connect to network resources, said policy module further responds to the access point with determinations of network resource access permissions and restrictions for the first client device based on data retrieved: (1) from an authentication database and (2) a Dynamic Security Data & Policy Database (DSDPD), which DSDPD includes rules indicating network resource access provisions to be applied to a given client device based on: (1) data received from the given client device indicating the compliance of the given client device with specific security policies and (2) security information said DSDPD retrieves from said NSMS; wherein, said NSMS monitors a history of network resource access authorization requests, which history includes: