Patent ID: 8955091
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: an enterprise network comprising an internal management system communicatively coupled thereon, wherein the enterprise network comprises a security device and the internal management system is disposed internally in the enterprise network behind the security device; a cloud system external to the enterprise network and communicatively coupled to the enterprise network, wherein at least one user associated with the enterprise network is configured to communicate through the cloud system for cloud-based services, and wherein the cloud system is configured to log data associated with the at least one user for the cloud-based services; and an external service bridge located internally in the enterprise network behind the security device, wherein the external service bridge is configured to securely communicate with the cloud system to receive the log data, to buffer the received log data, and to communicate with the internal management system to provide the buffered log data thereto via insecure protocols over the enterprise network in a format specified by the internal management system; wherein the cloud-based services comprise security as a service through the cloud system providing security to the at least one user while the at least one user is internal to the enterprise network or external to the enterprise network, and wherein the external service bridge communicates the log data comprising security data associated with the at least one user to the internal management system.