Patent ID: 9148414
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of managing credentials for a customer of a multi-tenant environment, comprising: receiving a communication to be delivered to a specified destination in a multi-tenant environment, the specified destination associated with at least one resource in the multi-tenant environment accessible under an account of a customer of the multi-tenant environment; authenticating an association of the communication with the customer; adding a signature to the communication, the signature based at least in part upon a credential associated with the customer; determining context information based at least in part upon a policy specified by the customer; inserting the context information in a metadata portion of the received communication to be delivered to the specified destination in the multi-tenant environment, the signature and the context information necessary for the communication to be determined to be a valid communication for purposes of accessing the at least one resource under the account of the customer; and forwarding the communication with the signature and the identifying information to the specified destination.