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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2013
Applicants:
Jayakrishnan K. Nair, Bangalore, IN;
Simon Hunt, Naples, FL (US);
Prasanna Venkateswaran, Nadu, IN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/104 (2013.01);
Abstract
Technologies for providing access control for a network are disclosed. The method may include receiving a request from a user to access a network, receiving a plurality of data associated with the user, the plurality of data comprising a plurality of social data associated with the user's relationship to a social circle, identifying an electronic security policy based at least on the plurality of social data, and authenticating the user to the network if the electronic security policy permits authentication based at least on the plurality of social data.