Patent ID: 9215231
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for causing one or more computing devices to perform a method for provisioning digital certificates in a multi-tenant network environment, the method comprising: receiving an API request for a digital certificate from a representative of a customer entity; retrieving existing account information of the representative, the existing account information associated with at least one service provided within the multi-tenant network environment and used by the representative; verifying identity of the representative and/or the customer entity based at least in part on digital certificate authentication information within the API request; generating at least one fraud metric for the representative and/or the customer entity based on the retrieved existing account information, wherein the at least one fraud metric is indicative of fraudulent activity associated with the representative and/or the customer entity, and the generating of the at least one fraud metric is performed independently of verifying the identity and/or validating the representative and/or the customer entity; and determining whether to issue the digital certificate to the customer entity based on the identity verification and the at least one fraud metric.