Patent ID: 9098685
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of authorizing a user to access a workstation using a security server, the method comprising: receiving security data relating to computing conditions in which an authorization will be performed, wherein the security data comprises at least one indication of a type of communication link between the workstation and the security server, a geographic location of the workstation, or a time of access of the workstation; determining a security policy from a plurality of predetermined security policies based on previously stored policy data and the received indication of the type of communication link between the workstation and the security server, the geographic location of the workstation, or the time of access of the workstation; determining an authorization method for authorizing the user, wherein the authorization method is determined from the determined security policy in accordance with the received indication of the type of communication link between the workstation and the security server, the geographic location of the workstation, or the time of access of the workstation; receiving user identification data; and registering the user identification data against stored user data in accordance with the determined authorization method, wherein different authorization methods for authorizing the user are determined upon receipt of different security data, and wherein the security data does not include identification information for a particular user.