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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
May. 11, 2018
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Barry C. Andersen, Wyoming, MN (US);
Steven M. Wierdsma, Eagan, MN (US);
Joshua M. Chamberland, Eagan, MN (US);
Kevin Lui, Irvine, CA (US);
Kelsey L. Bruso, Eagan, MN (US);
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for securing communications with an enterprise from a remote computing system are disclosed. The enterprise is included within a community of interest. One method includes authenticating a bridge appliance with an authentication server associated with an enterprise having secure communications, and receiving a packet at the bridge appliance. The method also includes decrypting the packet to provide a decrypted packet in a case where the packet is encrypted according to a cryptographic key associated with the enterprise, and forwarding the decrypted packet to a remote computing device in communication with the bridge appliance. The method additionally includes, in a case where the packet is received from the remote computing device, encrypting the packet according to a cryptographic key associated with the enterprise, to provide an encrypted packet, and forwarding the encrypted packet to an endpoint within the enterprise.