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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

May. 27, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Leigh T. Doddy, Sunbury, AU;

Christopher J. Hockings, Burleigh Waters, AU;

Dinesh T. Jain, Pune, IN;

Philip A. J. Nye, Southport, AU;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Risk-based credential management is provided. A request to checkout credentials is received. The credentials are associated with at least one managed resource. A risk value of the request is determined. The determination of the risk value is based, at least in part, on risk information of the requesting device. A determination is made whether to deny the request based, at least in part, on the risk value and a first predetermined threshold of a checkout policy.


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