US Patent No: 7,308,702

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Locally adaptable central security management in a heterogeneous network environment

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Abstract

A system and method for defining and enforcing a security policy. Security mechanism application specific information for each security mechanism is encapsulated as a key and exported to a semantic layer. Keys are combined to form key chains within the semantic layer. The key chains are in turn encapsulated as keys and passed to another semantic layer. A security policy is defined by forming key chains from keys and associating users with the key chains. The security policy is translated and exported to the security mechanisms. The security policy is then enforced via the security mechanisms.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
MCAFEE, INC.SANTA CLARA, CA663

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bogle, Jessica Roseville, MN 3 52
O'Brien, Richard Baltimore, MD 33 248
Payne, Charles Oakdale, MN 3 52
Thomsen, Daniel Jay Minneapolis, MN 3 52

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ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED (1)
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IPG HEALTHCARE 501 LIMITED (1)
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MCAFEE, INC. (1)
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Patent Citation Ranking

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Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
GUARDIAN DATA STORAGE, LLC (30)
7,950,066 Method and system for restricting use of a clipboard application 8 2001
8,065,713 System and method for providing multi-location access management to secured items 7 2002
7,681,034 Method and apparatus for securing electronic data 18 2002
7,921,288 System and method for providing different levels of key security for controlling access to secured items 8 2002
7,631,184 System and method for imposing security on copies of secured items 17 2002
7,565,683 Method and system for implementing changes to security policies in a distributed security system 20 2002
7,478,418 Guaranteed delivery of changes to security policies in a distributed system 22 2002
7,562,232 System and method for providing manageability to security information for secured items 21 2002
7,512,810 Method and system for protecting encrypted files transmitted over a network 22 2002
8,006,280 Security system for generating keys from access rules in a decentralized manner and methods therefor 5 2002
8,176,334 Document security system that permits external users to gain access to secured files 0 2002
7,921,450 Security system using indirect key generation from access rules and methods therefor 4 2002
7,890,990 Security system with staging capabilities 4 2002
7,577,838 Hybrid systems for securing digital assets 4 2002
7,930,756 Multi-level cryptographic transformations for securing digital assets 5 2003
7,730,543 Method and system for enabling users of a group shared across multiple file security systems to access secured files 15 2003
7,555,558 Method and system for fault-tolerant transfer of files across a network 16 2003
8,127,366 Method and apparatus for transitioning between states of security policies used to secure electronic documents 0 2003
7,703,140 Method and system for securing digital assets using process-driven security policies 17 2003
7,748,045 Method and system for providing cryptographic document retention with off-line access 15 2004
7,707,427 Multi-level file digests 16 2004
RE41546 Method and system for managing security tiers 7 2007
7,913,311 Methods and systems for providing access control to electronic data 8 2007
RE43906 Method and apparatus for securing digital assets 0 2008
8,307,067 Protecting encrypted files transmitted over a network 0 2009
8,266,674 Method and system for implementing changes to security policies in a distributed security system 0 2009
8,327,138 Method and system for securing digital assets using process-driven security policies 0 2010
8,301,896 Multi-level file digests 0 2010
8,341,407 Method and system for protecting electronic data in enterprise environment 0 2011
8,341,406 System and method for providing different levels of key security for controlling access to secured items 0 2011
 
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (7)
8,015,600 Employing electronic certificate workflows 1 2001
7,937,655 Workflows with associated processes 2 2001
7,802,174 Domain based workflows 8 2001
7,711,818 Support for multiple data stores 8 2001
7,581,011 Template based workflow definition 18 2001
7,840,658 Employing job code attributes in provisioning 4 2002
7,673,047 Determining a user's groups 6 2006
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (4)
7,836,310 Security system that uses indirect password-based encryption 4 2002
8,423,394 Method for tracking the status of a workflow using weblogs 0 2003
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INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC (1)
7,729,995 Managing secured files in designated locations 17 2002
 
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8,181,222 Locally adaptable central security management in a heterogeneous network environment 0 2007
 
PERVASIVE SECURITY SYSTEM, INC. (1)
7,921,284 Method and system for protecting electronic data in enterprise environment 7 2002
 
SAP AG (1)
7,885,847 End user oriented workflow approach including structured processing of ad hoc workflows with a collaborative process engine 3 2004
 
ULTIMUS, INC. (1)
7,765,291 Business process management/workflow automation software 0 2004

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