SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENFORCING A POLICY FOR AN AUTHENTICATOR DEVICE

• US 20140245379A1
• Filed: 05/06/2014
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Duo Security Incorporated (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Goodman, Adam, Oberheide, Jonathan, Song, Dug
• Granted Patent: US 9,361,451 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/45 Structures or tools for the administration of authentication

Abstract

A system and method including defining at least one device authentication policy; at a policy engine, initializing authentication policy processing for an authenticator device; collecting device status assessment; evaluating policy compliance of the device status assessment to an associated defined device authentication policy; and enforcing use of the authenticator device according to the policy compliance.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

defining at least one device authentication policy;

at a policy engine, initializing authentication policy processing for an authenticator device;

collecting device status assessment;

evaluating policy compliance of the device status assessment to an associated defined device authentication policy; and

enforcing use of the authenticator device according to the policy compliance.