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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Biju Ramachandra Kaimal, Bangalore, IN;
Andrew J. Thomas, Long Wittenham, GB;
Kerav Vaidya, Peterborough, NH (US);
Yogesh Bansal, Bangalore, IN;
Robert Paul Andrews, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Abstract
A method includes receiving, by a computer system, information related to device health of an electronic device, determining, by the computer system, a health status of the electronic device based at least in part on the received information related to the device health of the electronic device, requesting, by a switch having a port connected to the electronic device, the health status of the electronic device from the computer system, receiving, by the computer system, the request for the health status of the electronic device from the switch, transmitting, by the computer system, the health status of the electronic device to the switch, evaluating, by the switch, the transmitted health status of the electronic device using network access rules associated corresponding to health statuses, and applying, by the switch, a network access control configuration to the port of the switch based on the evaluating the transmitted health status.