System and methods providing anti-virus cooperative enforcement
First Claim
1. A method for verifying that a device is in compliance with an anti-virus policy required in order to access protected resources, the method comprising:
- in response to a request from a device for access to protected resources, determining whether an anti-virus policy is applicable to said device;
if an anti-virus policy is applicable to said device, retrieving information pertaining to virus protection available on said device;
determining whether said device is in compliance with said anti-virus policy based upon said information pertaining to said virus protection available on said device; and
if said device is determined to be in compliance with said anti-virus policy, allowing said device to access said protected resources.
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Abstract
A system providing methods for anti-virus cooperative enforcement is described. In response to a request from a device for access to protected resources, such as a network or protected data, a determination is made as to whether an anti-virus policy applies to the request for access made by the device. If an anti-virus policy is applicable, information pertaining to virus protection available on the device is collected. The virus protection information that is collected is evaluated to determine whether the device is in compliance with the anti-virus policy. If the device is determined to be in compliance with the anti-virus policy, the device is allowed to access the protected resources.
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65 Claims
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1. A method for verifying that a device is in compliance with an anti-virus policy required in order to access protected resources, the method comprising:
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in response to a request from a device for access to protected resources, determining whether an anti-virus policy is applicable to said device;
if an anti-virus policy is applicable to said device, retrieving information pertaining to virus protection available on said device;
determining whether said device is in compliance with said anti-virus policy based upon said information pertaining to said virus protection available on said device; and
if said device is determined to be in compliance with said anti-virus policy, allowing said device to access said protected resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for determining whether a computer system is in compliance with anti-virus rules required for access to protected data, the system comprising:
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a client module on a computer system that receives a request for access to protected data, invokes a supervisor module, and provides information about said request for access to said supervisor module;
an interface module that obtains information regarding a virus protection module on said computer system; and
a supervisor module that, when invoked by said client module, requests information about said virus protection module in use on said computer system from said interface module, and determines whether to allow said computer system to access said protected data based upon whether said computer system is in compliance with anti-virus rules required for access to said protected data. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for enforcing compliance with an anti-virus policy required for a device to obtain access to a network, the method comprising:
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detecting a request from a device for access to a network;
determining an anti-virus policy applicable to the device;
collecting information about virus protection available on the device;
determining whether the device is in compliance with the anti-virus policy based upon the collected information; and
based upon said determination, applying an access policy to the device, said access policy for governing access by the device to the network. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A method for requiring a plurality of devices connected to a network to apply a particular virus protection update, the method comprising:
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receiving a request requiring devices connected to a network to apply a particular virus protection update;
determining whether each device connected to the network has applied the required virus protection update;
if a given device has applied the required update, permitting that device to continue to access the network; and
if a given device has not applied the required update, terminating access to the network by that device. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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