Patent ID: 8726348

Claim:
A cloud computing security system, comprising a process run on at least one processor unit, and further comprising: an access manager module, comprising an access manager process run on an access manager processor unit, including a first client profile and a second client profile, wherein the first client profile has a first set of rules enabling access to a first set of cloud computing system resources, and wherein the second client profile has a second set of rules enabling access to a second set of cloud computing system resources, such that the first cloud computing resources and the second cloud computing resources are at least one of: identical to each other, and different from each other; and at least one cloud computing system resource being selected from a group consisting of: a platform as a service, a data as a service, a software as a service, an infrastructure as a service, and a network as a service; and a security logic module configured to communicate with the access manager module and comprising a request validator module; the request validator module configured to determine that a device and a network service associated with the device are each a valid candidate for access to one of the first and second sets of cloud computing system resources; the security logic module further configured to receive an access request for access to one of the first and second sets of cloud computing system resources and provide an access grant that grants the device collaborative access to at least one of the first and second sets of cloud computing system resources.