Device and methods for management and access of distributed data sources

One or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a client device to:

• send, to a cloud security server, first authentication credentials and second authentication credentials of the client device, the first authentication credentials and the second authentication credentials being associated with an account on the cloud security server;
• receive, from the cloud security server, an invitation to access data of a data source associated with the account;
• send, to the cloud security server, a request for access to the data of the data source;
• authenticate to the cloud security server using the first authentication credentials that are different from the second authentication credentials, wherein the second authentication credentials are required to authenticate the client device to the data source;
• access the data of the data source as a function of a first trust level assigned to the client device and a second trust level assigned to the data, wherein to access the data of the data source comprises to receive, from the cloud security server and by the client device, the data retrieved by the cloud security server from the data source;
• send, to the cloud security server, a request to remove the access to the data of the data source from the account to cause the cloud security server to disassociate the account and the client device with the data source, wherein the client device maintains association with the account and the cloud security server while the cloud security server disassociates the account and the client device with the data source.

A client device comprising;

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory devices having a plurality of instructions stored therein that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the client device to:
• send, to a cloud security server, first authentication credentials and second authentication credentials of the client device, the first authentication credentials and the second authentication credentials being associated with an account on the cloud security server;
• receive, from the cloud security server, an invitation to access data of a data source, associated with the account;
• send, to the cloud security server, a request for access to the data of the data source;
• authenticate to the cloud security server using the first authentication credentials that are different from the second authentication credentials, wherein the second authentication credentials are required to authenticate the client device to the data source;
• access the data of the data source as a function of a first trust level assigned to the client device and a second trust level assigned to the data, wherein to access the data of the data source comprises to receive, from the cloud security server and by the client device, the data retrieved by the cloud security server from the data source;
• send, to the cloud security server, a request to remove the access to the data of the data source from the account to cause the cloud security server to disassociate the account and the client device with the data source, wherein the client device maintains association with the account and the cloud security server while the cloud security server disassociates the account and the client device with the data source.