Interacting with a remote server over a network to determine whether to allow data exchange with a resource at the remote server

A system for managing access to a remote resource at a remote server over a network, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium having program code that when executed by the processor performs operations, the operations comprising:
• detecting an attempt by a computational device to initiate an exchange of data with the remote resource over the network;
• determining a security policy for a type of the remote resource;
• determining, for the security policy, at least one computer instruction to perform at least one interaction with the remote server to request server information to probe the remote server for a known security vulnerability;
• executing the at least one computer instruction to perform the at least one interaction with the remote server to obtain server information indicative of whether there is the known security vulnerability at the remote server;
• determining whether server information is received for the at least one interaction with the remote server;
• and
• determining whether to allow or prevent the exchange of data with the remote resource based on whether server information is received and, if server information is received, based on the server information indicating whether there is the known security vulnerability at the remote server, wherein the exchange of data with the remote server is allowed in response to the server information indicating that there is not the known security vulnerability at the remote server.

A method for managing a computational device access to a remote resource at a remote server over a network, comprising:

• detecting an attempt by the computational device to initiate an exchange of data with the remote resource over the network;
• determining a security policy for a type of the remote resource;
• determining, for the security policy, at least one computer instruction to perform at least one interaction with the remote server to request server information to probe the remote server for a known security vulnerability;
• executing the at least one computer instruction to perform the at least one interaction with the remote server to obtain server information indicative of whether there is the known security vulnerability at the remote server;
• determining whether server information is received for the at least one interaction with the remote server;
• and
• determining whether to allow or prevent the exchange of data with the remote resource based on whether server information is received and, if server information is received, based on the server information indicating whether there is the known security vulnerability at the remote server, wherein the exchange of data with the remote server is allowed in response to the server information indicating that there is not the known security vulnerability at the remote server.