US 2013/0254831 A1 · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTEXT AWARE MOBILE SECURITY

Abstract

An approach is provided for causing a change in a security policy of a device based on contextual information. The approach involves determining context information associated with a device. The approach also involves determining a security policy of the device. The approach further involves determining a change of the context information. The approach additionally involves processing the determined change of the context information to cause, at least in part, a revision of the security policy of the device.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

determining context information associated with a device;
determining a security policy of the device;
determining a change of the context information;
and
processing the determined change of the context information to cause, at least in part, a revision of the security policy of the device.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/428,859Filed 23 Mar 2012

Published

26 Sep 2013

Term ends

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Classification5 codes

H04L 63/20
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for managing network security; network security policies in general
H04L 63/107
For controlling access to devices or network resources: wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on…
H04W 12/082
Access security: using revocation of authorisation
H04L
Digital communication

Method and apparatus for context aware mobile security

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Method and apparatus for context aware mobile security

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Abstract

Claims30