Patent ID: 9191390
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising: computer code for maintaining a Security Asset Repository (SAR) on a first computer connected to a network, the SAR being operable for storing user credentials to access resources on the network; computer code for executing, by a user, a first program residing on a second computer connected to the network, the user having first user access credentials for accessing the second computer; computer code for, in response to executing the first program, accessing the SAR by the first program, by employing second user access credentials provided to the first program by the user; computer code for, in response to accessing the SAR by the first program, retrieving and validating, by the first program at the second computer, third user access credentials from the SAR, the third user access credentials being operable for accessing the SAR by a third computer which is different from the second computer and is not physically accessible by said user; computer code for, in response to retrieving the third user access credentials from the SAR, executing, by the first program, a second program residing on the third computer connected to the network, and providing the third user access credentials to the second program; and computer code for, in response to providing the third user access credentials to the second program at the third computer, accessing the SAR on the first computer by the second program by employing the third user access credentials, and retrieving, by the second program, fourth user access credentials from the SAR, the fourth user access credentials being operable for accessing said resources on the network other than the SAR.