Patent ID: 8150817
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of updating a system which controls operation of programs on a workstation, the method comprising: detecting a network access attempt by an application; generating an application digest for the application; determining whether the application is associated with one or more policies; if the application is associated with one or more policies, then applying the one or more policies that are associated with the application; if the application is not associated with a policy, then posting the application to a logging database; uploading the logging database to an application server module; determining whether the application is in an application inventory database, wherein the application is associated with a policy; and if the application is not in the application inventory database of the application server module, then posting the application to a network access database, if the application is in the application inventory database, then applying a policy associated with the application.