Patent ID: 7694054

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for governing access to a computing resource, the method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for: receiving a request to access the computing resource at a client proxy; in response to receiving the request, determining at the client proxy whether the request to access the computing resource may be granted without consulting a governor or may not be granted without consulting the governor; in response to determining that access to the computing resource may be granted without consulting the governor, generating a response to the request indicating that the request to access the computing resource has been granted; in response to determining at the client proxy that the request to access the computing resource may not be granted without consulting the governor, transmitting the request from the client proxy to an access broker; receiving the request at the access broker; in response to receiving the request, transmitting the request to the governor; receiving the request at the governor from the access broker; in response to receiving the request at the governor from the access broker, determining whether the request should be granted by the governor; in response to determining that the request should be granted, providing a response from the governor to the access broker indicating that the request has been granted by the governor; and in response to determining that the request should not be granted, providing a response from the governor to the access broker indicating that the request has not been granted by the governor.