Access control tool

A method comprising:

• storing, by a memory, security restrictions;
• detecting, by a hardware processor communicatively coupled to the memory, that a user attempted to access, through the user's mobile phone, a third-party application that does not apply the stored security restrictions to the user's access to the third-party application;
• in response to detecting the user's attempted access, communicating, by the hardware processor, the stored security restrictions and an access control protocol to the third-party application rather than the user's mobile phone, the access control protocol indicating that access to the third-party application should not be granted without clearing the security restrictions;
• receiving, by the hardware processor, a message indicating that the third-party application registered the security restrictions indicating that the third-party application will apply the security restrictions to the user's access to the third-party application;
• determining, by the hardware processor, based on the stored security restrictions, that the user should be granted access to the third-party application;
• and
• in response to the determination that the user should be granted access to the third-party application, redirecting, by the hardware processor, the user to the third-party application.

A system comprising:

• a third-party application;
• and
• an access control tool configured to:
• store, by a memory, security restrictions;
• detect, by a hardware processor communicatively coupled to the memory, that a user attempted to access, through the user's mobile phone, the third-party application that does not apply the stored security restrictions to the user's access to the third-party application;
• in response to detecting the user's attempted access, communicate, by the hardware processor, the stored security restrictions and an access control protocol to the third-party application rather than the user's mobile phone, the access control protocol indicating that access to the third-party application should not be granted without clearing the security restrictions;
• receive, by the hardware processor, a message indicating that the third-party application registered the security restrictions indicating that the third-party application will apply the security restrictions to the user's access to the third-party application;
• determine, by the hardware processor, based on the stored security restrictions, that the user should be granted access to the third-party application;
• and
• in response to the determination that the user should be granted access to the third-party application, redirect, by the hardware processor, the user to the third-party application.