Network security systems and methods
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1. A method of managing a first connected device comprising:
- receiving, by a trusted service from a second connected device, first device information associated with a first connected device in communication with the second connected device and an indication of a first entity;
accessing, based on the first device information, a first security association record maintained by the trusted service associated with the first connected device;
determining, based on at least one electronic permission associated with the first security association record, that the trusted service may update at least a portion of the first security association record; and
updating the first security association record to indicate that the first connected device is associated with the first entity.
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing connected devices and associated network connections. In certain embodiments, trust, privacy, safety, and/or security of information communicated between connected devices may be established in part through use of security associations and/or shared group tokens. In some embodiments, these security associations may be used to form an explicit private network associated with the user. A user may add and/or manage devices included in the explicit private network through management of various security associations associated with the network'"'"'s constituent devices.
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1. A method of managing a first connected device comprising:
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receiving, by a trusted service from a second connected device, first device information associated with a first connected device in communication with the second connected device and an indication of a first entity; accessing, based on the first device information, a first security association record maintained by the trusted service associated with the first connected device; determining, based on at least one electronic permission associated with the first security association record, that the trusted service may update at least a portion of the first security association record; and updating the first security association record to indicate that the first connected device is associated with the first entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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