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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2022
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Mukund P. Khatri, Austin, TX (US);
Senthilkumar Ponnuswamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Eugene David Cho, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques are provided for dynamic transitioning among device security states based on server availability. One method comprises configuring a processing device to be in a first one of multiple security states, wherein the first security state comprises user authentication factors administered by one or more servers; transitioning the processing device to a different security state, in response to detecting a change in an availability status of a given one of the servers, wherein the different security state comprises a different user authentication factor administered by a different server than the given server; and initiating processing of a user request to perform a privileged action based on a result of an authentication performed using the different user authentication factor of the different security state. The first state and the different state may be associated with a different stage of a product lifecycle and/or with a different designated threat level.