POLICY ENFORCEMENT OVER HETEROGENEOUS ASSETS
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a connector managing a plurality of assets, an assignment of a policy to a first asset of the plurality of assets from a server;
attempting to retrieve one or more automated checks to enforce the policy against the first asset using information about an asset type of the first asset; and
executing the retrieved automated checks against the first asset if at least one automated check was retrieved.
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Abstract
One policy can be enforced over heterogeneous assets by having connectors monitoring assets execute asset type related checks to enforce the policy. In one embodiment, the present invention includes receiving, at one such connector managing a plurality of assets, an assignment of a policy to an asset of the plurality of assets from a server. In response to the assignment, the connector attempts to retrieve one or more automated checks to enforce the policy against the asset using information about an asset type of the asset, and then executes the retrieved automated checks against the first asset if at least one automated check was retrieved.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a connector managing a plurality of assets, an assignment of a policy to a first asset of the plurality of assets from a server; attempting to retrieve one or more automated checks to enforce the policy against the first asset using information about an asset type of the first asset; and executing the retrieved automated checks against the first asset if at least one automated check was retrieved. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A policy enforcement system comprising:
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a connector database to relate a plurality of connectors monitoring a plurality of assets to the plurality of assets; a policy engine to receive an assignment of a first policy to a first asset, to select one or more connectors monitoring the first asset using the connector database, and to push the first policy to the selected one or more connectors; and a plurality of connectors to execute automated checks specific to asset types against assets, wherein the one or more selected connectors execute one or more automated checks to enforce the first policy against the first asset using information about an asset type of the first asset. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, at a connector managing a plurality of assets, an assignment of a policy to a first asset of the plurality of assets from a server; attempting to retrieve one or more automated checks to enforce the policy against the first asset using information about an asset type of the first asset; and executing the retrieved automated checks against the first asset if at least one automated check was retrieved. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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