System and method for access management and security protection for network accessible computer services

A system for providing access management and security protection to a computer service, comprising:

• a first network providing network connections between one or more servers and a plurality of clients;
• a computer service wherein said computer service is hosted at said one or more servers and is accessible to said clients via said first network;
• a second network comprising a plurality of traffic processing nodes;
• means for redirecting network traffic targeted to access said computer service via said first network to a traffic processing node of said second network;
• means for inspecting and means for processing said redirected network traffic by said traffic processing node;
• and
• means for routing only redirected network traffic that has been inspected, processed and approved by said traffic processing node to access said computer service via said second network.

A method for providing access management and security protection to a computer service, comprising:

• providing a computer service wherein said computer service is hosted at one or more servers and is accessible to clients via a first network;
• providing a second network comprising a plurality of traffic processing nodes, access management means and security protection means, and wherein said access management means and security protection means are configured to provide access management and security protection to said computer service, respectively;
• providing means for redirecting network traffic from said first network to said second network;
• redirecting network traffic targeted to access said computer service via said first network to a traffic processing node of said second network via said means for redirecting network traffic;
• inspecting and processing said redirected network traffic by said one traffic processing node;
• applying access rules via said access management means and applying security rules via said security protection means to said redirected network traffic in real time;
• and
• routing only redirected network traffic that has been approved by said access management means and security protection means to access said computer service via said second network.