Patent ID: 9087189
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, from a user device, a request to access a cloud service; comparing, by a processor, a security status of the user device to a network access control policy for the cloud service, wherein the network access control policy defines a level of security specifying a set of security features for the user device based on a category of the user device, a category of information requested, and a category of the cloud service and specifies at least one condition, the condition comprising a presence of an updated version of a security agent on the user device; determining that the user device does not include the updated version of the security agent as specified by the condition of the network access control policy; determining an update to the security status of the user device that will cause the security status of the user device to satisfy the condition for future requests to access the cloud service; redirecting the request to a security provider, the security provider to provide an updated version of the security agent to the user device in order to satisfy the condition of the network access control policy; and upon determining that the security status of the user device satisfies the condition of the network access control policy granting the user device access to the cloud service.