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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dipankar Sarkar, Saratoga, CA (US);
Oleg Danilov, Clayton, CA (US);
Alok Batra, San Jose, CA (US);
John M. Morrell, Highland, MD (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 63/0815 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example method is provided and includes intercepting an action request from an entity for an action to be performed with respect to a resource in a cloud environment, where the action request comprises a resource facet that controls access to the resource. The method also includes determining whether the resource facet is valid for the action by evaluating a policy associated with the resource; and allowing the action.