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Enforcement of compliance policies in managed virtual systems

  • US 9,563,460 B2
  • Filed: 04/20/2015
  • Issued: 02/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for enforcing a policy associated with a virtual appliance, the apparatus comprising:

  • a memory device storing instructions; and

    a computing device communicatively coupled to a virtual appliance, the computing device including a processor operably coupled to the memory device, the processor executing the instructions to;

    receive a virtual appliance event request;

    receive first data from within the virtual appliance in response to receiving the virtual appliance event request, wherein the first data was extracted from within the virtual appliance prior to receiving the virtual appliance event request, and the first data was stored prior to receiving the virtual appliance event request for later processing after receiving the virtual appliance event request;

    receive second different data from an environment outside the virtual appliance in response to receiving the virtual appliance event request;

    determine whether an internal non-compliance by the virtual appliance of a first policy-based compliance scheme exists based on the first data that was stored prior to receiving the virtual appliance event request;

    determine whether an external non-compliance by the virtual appliance as provided in the environment of a second different policy-based compliance scheme exists based on the second different data; and

    in response to determining that at least one of an internal non-compliance and an external non-compliance exists, deny the virtual appliance event request.

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