Patent ID: 9083677
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by an intermediary security device, a high-risk network access initiated by a device, wherein the high-risk network access poses a risk to the device, a human user of the device or a private network within which the device is operating; sending, by the intermediary security device, a human user test message to the human user of the device to verify that the high-risk network access was initiated by or is otherwise authorized by the human user of the device; receiving, by the intermediary security device, a response to the human user test message; determining, by the intermediary security device, if the response is a correct response to the human user test message; and allowing, by the intermediary security device, the high-risk network access if the response is correct, wherein said allowing the high-risk network access comprises one or more of: redirecting the human user of the device to the resource originally requested; directly returning a copy of the requested resource temporarily stored on the intermediary security device; presenting the human user of the device with an alternative Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that points to a copy of the resource originally requested temporarily stored on the intermediary security device; and sending a resource originally requested to the human user of the device via an alternative secure channel.