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Enterprise cloud access control and network access control policy using risk based blocking

  • US 10,154,007 B1
  • Filed: 05/06/2015
  • Issued: 12/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of implementing cloud service access control in a network device associated with an enterprise data network, comprising:

  • receiving, by a cloud access control server that includes a hardware processor and that is outside of the enterprise data network, on a periodic basis, information relating to a plurality of cloud service providers and risk scores indicative of risk associated with the plurality of cloud service providers;

    storing, at a cloud service access control database associated with the cloud access control server, a first cloud service block list, the first cloud service block list comprising first cloud service identifiers associated with a first set of two or more of the plurality of cloud service providers, wherein the risk scores of the first set of two or more of the plurality of cloud service providers are above a given threshold;

    providing the first cloud service block list to the network device of the enterprise data network, the network device applying the first cloud service block list to allow or deny network traffic between the enterprise data network and at least one of the first set of two or more of the plurality of cloud service providers; and

    storing a second cloud service block list, the second cloud service block list comprising second cloud service identifiers associated with a second set of two or more of the plurality of cloud service providers,wherein storing, at the cloud service access control database associated with the cloud access control server, the first cloud service block list comprises storing universal resource locators (URLs) of the first set of two or more of the plurality of cloud service providers as the cloud service identifiers associated with the first set of two or more of the plurality of cloud service providers having the risk scores above the given threshold, andwherein the first set of two or more of the plurality of cloud service providers and the second set of two or more of the plurality of cloud service providers belong to different service categories.

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