Patent ID: 8677115

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a processor device at an authentication server system, a request from a client device to access a resource in a network, wherein the request comprises credential data that represents system integrity of a component running on the client device; in response to receiving the request, transmitting to a management server system that is separate from the authentication server system, by the processor device, a credential identifier that identifies the credential data, wherein the management server system provisions the component to the client device and tracks deployment of the component to the client device; receiving from the management server system, by the processor device, credential reference data in view of the credential identifier, wherein the credential reference data represents integrity of the component; determining, by the processor device, that the credential data from the client device matches the credential reference data from the management server system; and in response to determining that the credential data matches the credential reference data, allowing the client device to access the resource.