Patent ID: 8429716
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating user access of cloud assets, the method comprising: authenticating a user to a system comprising a cloud computing environment in which a plurality of cloud assets are hosted, wherein authenticating the user includes authenticating the user to a secure bridge that interconnects the user to at least one cloud asset of the plurality of cloud assets through a routing system including a virtual router and a distributor connected to the virtual router disposed within the cloud computing environment; assembling a deployment associated with the authenticated user in accordance with a policy, the deployment comprising designated ones of the cloud assets; and providing a secure mechanism by which the designated ones of the cloud assets comprising the deployment are accessible by the authenticated user, wherein providing the secure mechanism includes generating a key pair at the secure bridge such that the authenticated user thereby obtains access to the designated ones of the cloud assets comprising the deployment through the virtual router of the routing system within the cloud computing environment.