Patent ID: 9003476
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of establishing and regulating secure communications between a first computer and a second computer over a network, the first computer and the second computer being part of a system that regulates the security of the first computer during communications with the second computer, and where the second computer is a subscriber to the security system, the method comprising: the first computer identifying whether the second computer is a subscriber to the security system; on identifying that the second computer is a subscriber, the first computer: on receiving a connection from the first computer, the second computer depending on its requirements, initiating on the first computer a configuration process to secure the first computer in a lockdown mode; the first computer communicating the results of the configuration process to the second computer; on determining that communications should proceed, applying the applicable security policies of the second computer to the first computer; and regulating communications between the first computer and the second computer in accordance with the applied security policies.