Patent Document ID: 20150381596
Application ID: 14474452
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of initializing a virtual machine within a secure hybrid cloud, the method comprising: transmitting service mode credentials to a cloud broker from a cloud-based virtual machine; receiving a service mode community of interest key from a credentialing service based on the service mode credentials; establishing a secure service mode connection based on the service mode community of interest key; receiving role VPN credentials at the cloud-based virtual machine; establishing a secure role connection to the cloud broker using the role VPN credentials, thereby providing, in response to the role VPN credentials, a role VPN community of interest key to a virtual data relay dedicated to the cloud-based virtual machine; receiving role cloud credentials at the cloud-based virtual machine; and establishing secure communications at the eloud-based virtual machine based on the role cloud credentials, including receiving a role cloud community of interest key at the cloud-based virtual machine used for secure communication among the cloud-based virtual machine and other eloud-based virtual machines within a common community of interest with the cloud-based virtual machine.