Providing credentials in an automated machine-to-machine communication system environment

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for securing an asset-to-asset cloud communication environment. The disclosed embodiments may involve identifying an asset spun up in the cloud communication environment based on a notification identifying the spun up asset, determining that the spun up asset will require authorization to achieve at least some secure communication functionality with a different asset in the cloud communication environment, automatically authenticating the spun up asset based on authentication information from a trusted source to the spun up asset, automatically determining, based on the authenticating, whether the spun up asset is authorized to perform secure communication functionality with at least one different asset, and automatically performing a control action, based on the authenticating, to enable the spun up asset to perform the secure communication functionality with the at least one different asset.