Patent ID: 8230478
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for assigning a security configuration to an application, the computer implemented method comprising: determining, forming a first determination, whether a first identifier identifying the application is mapped to the security configuration, the application executing in a data processing system using a processor and a memory; determining, forming a second determination, whether the application participates in a group by determining whether a second identifier identifying the group is mapped to the security configuration; creating a set of maps, a map in the set of maps including a combination of (i) mapping of an application identifier to a first security configuration from a plurality of security configurations, (ii) mapping of a group identifier to a second security configuration in the plurality of security configurations, and (iii) default mapping to a third security configuration in the plurality of security configurations; using a map from the plurality of maps in making the first and the second determinations, the security configuration being a member of the plurality of security configurations; assigning, forming a first assignment, the security configuration to the application responsive to either of the first and the second determinations being true, data of the first assignment being recorded in a data storage associated with the data processing system; and assigning, forming a second assignment, the security configuration to the application using a determination by a first policy responsive to the first and the second determinations being false, data of the second assignment being recorded in the data storage associated with the data processing system.