Patent ID: 8732814

Claim:
An apparatus comprising a processor operable to: receive a request from a user of a device to access a resource; receive a hard token comprising a device identifier that identifies the device; receive a subject token indicating that the user is a high priority user, wherein the subject token includes a user identifier associated with the high priority user; correlate the hard token with the subject token to indicate that the device is associated with the high priority user; apply a token-based rule that facilitates packet prioritization in response to receiving the subject token indicating a high priority user; check if the device is compliant to consume the resource prior to granting access to the resource, wherein compliance is checked by ensuring that the device contains one of a compliant version of firmware, a compliant operating system, and hardware compliant with a hardware requirement; if the device is not compliant to consume the resource, deny access to the resource; if the device is compliant to consume the resource, in response to applying the token-based rule, communicate a notification token to at least one network component, wherein the notification token includes the user identifier associated with the high priority user, the device identifier associated with the device associated with the high priority user, and instructions to prioritize any packet communications associated with the user identifier or the device identifier; and communicate at least one token to facilitate the provisioning of a container to the device associated with the high priority user, wherein the container comprises a virtual machine associated with the device.