Patent ID: 7353533

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for administering protection of data accessible by a mobile computing device, comprising: pre-defining one or more security policies by a server computer system for the mobile computing device based upon a plurality of pre-configured locations associated with a network environment in which the mobile computing device may be operating; upon the mobile computing device detecting a location in which it is operating during use, the server computer system configured for receiving a query from the mobile computing device to verify whether the detected location corresponds to one of the plurality of pre-configured locations; comparing the detected location to the plurality of pre-configured locations; and if the detected location corresponds to one of the plurality of pre-configured locations, sending over a network the one or more security policies to the mobile computing device as a function of the detected location, wherein the server computer system sends the one or more security policies and responds to the received query using a cryptographic authentication protocol.