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Techniques for dynamic enpoint secure location awareness

  • US 9,825,968 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2011
  • Issued: 11/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory storage medium containing instructions that when executed enable a system to:

  • determine that a mobile device has changed locations, the mobile device to comprise a platform security engine and a security component;

    authenticate, by the platform security engine, with a remote server to establish secure communication with the remote server based on the determination that the mobile device has changed locations;

    dynamically send a location query from the platform security engine to the remote server based on the determination that the mobile device has changed locations and in response to the establishment of secure communication with the remote server, the location query comprising a query of whether the mobile device is communicatively coupled to a private network or a public network;

    receive a location response from the remote server in response to the location query;

    determine, by the platform security engine, whether the mobile device is located in a secure location based on the location response; and

    send, by the platform security engine, an indication of whether the mobile device is located in a secure location to the security component; and

    set, by the security component, a security policy of the mobile device based on the indication.

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