Patent ID: 8468586
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of implementing policy based trust management, the method comprising: receiving, at a host server, a trust request from a partner; identifying, at the host server via a trust policy enforcer, parameters and attributes associated with the partner, wherein the parameters for the partner include one or more of the following: duration of the partner's account, access level of the partner, trust level of the partner, application authorization list, or hardware access authorization list; accessing, by the trust policy enforcer, a policy database; retrieving, by the trust policy enforcer, one or more trust policies associated with the partner, wherein the one or more associated trust policies are each valid for a specific period of time and expire once the specific period of time lapses; determining if the one or more associated trust policies have expired; based on the attributes and parameters of the partner and the one or more associated trust policies being unexpired, applying, by the trust policy enforcer, the one or more associated trust policies to the request; and based on the attributes and the parameters of the partner conforming with requirements of the one or more trust policies and the one or more associated trust policies being unexpired, providing the partner with access to the host server.