Patent ID: 8528062

Claim:
A method for securing a computer network connectable device or system networked to a cloud computing environment from malicious code attacks, comprising: providing a computer network connectable device or system; providing to a secured cloud server at least one of the computer network connectable device or system's unique ID and administrator permission files associated with the computer network connectable device or system; installing an encrypted network pathway from the network connectable device or system to the secured cloud server, wherein said unique device or system ID is used to subsequently connect to the secured cloud server via the network pathway in order to, at least, make subsequent charges to the administrator permission files; providing an administrator of a system with a network connectable device or system with a network address of the secured cloud server and a temporary password for access to the secured cloud server; having the administrator connect to the network address of the secure cloud server using the temporary password; having the secured cloud server compare the temporary password provided by the administrator and the unique device or system ID stored at the server associated with the computer network connectable device or system, and if both match data that the secured cloud server has for the computer network connectable device or system, the administrator is successfully verified as an authorized administrator and for the authorized administrator, prompting the authorized administrator to enter a new password and other required registration information; and allowing the authorized administrator/user to use the computer network connectable device or system upon successful validation of said new password, wherein the method does not require any additional hardware at an authorized administrator/user's end.