Patent ID: 8122500
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring a security status of a resource on a grid, the method comprising: a computer detecting an assignment of the resource to execute a job requested by a client; the computer, responsive to detecting the assignment, reading a client security requirement from the client; the computer, responsive to reading the client security requirement from the client, mapping the client security requirement to the resource; the computer receiving, during an execution of the job requested by the client, a security notification from the resource, the security notification including a permission used to execute the job, a security state of a connection of the resource, and a privacy state of the connection; the computer detecting a changed security status of the resource from the security notification; the computer determining whether the changed security status violates the client security requirement; the computer, responsive to determining that the changed security status violates the client security requirement, sending the security notification to the client of the change; and the computer saving the security notification in a log.