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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2005
Filed:
May. 22, 2001
David L. Sames, Woodbine, MD (US);
Brent S. Whitmore, York, PA (US);
Brian S. Niebuhr, Columbia, MD (US);
Gregg W. Tally, Ellicott City, MD (US);
David L. Sames, Woodbine, MD (US);
Brent S. Whitmore, York, PA (US);
Brian S. Niebuhr, Columbia, MD (US);
Gregg W. Tally, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Networks Associates Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for managing security policies in a distributed computing system. Security policies include, but are not limited to, a firewall policy, a policy for file access, a policy for application access, a policy for an encryption algorithm, a policy for audit trails, and a policy for activity logging. These security policies determine access rights to a computer application. The system operates by creating multiple security policies with individual security policies specifying a differing level of security for the distributed computing system. These security policies are then distributed to each computer in the distributed computing system. Next, a specific security policy is selected for use across the distributed computing system, and each computer in the distributed computing system is directed to use the specified security policy enforcing a selected security posture.