Application authentication checking system

A method for accessing an application on a device comprising:

• initiating an authentication verification request for accessing an application, the authentication verification request including a user identification, a device identification and an application identification;
• accessing the application if the user identification and the device identification are valid, a user authentication is valid and if cross-application authentication is allowed;
• and
• accessing the application if the user identification and the device identification are valid for the application identified by the application identification, the user authentication is valid and if cross-application authentication is not allowed.

A computer program product for authentication checking, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to receive an authentication verification request for accessing an application, the authentication verification request including a user identification, a device identification and an application identification;
• computer readable program code configured to determine a validity of the authentication verification request, based on at least a last known authentication information, and a first subset of an application policy rule-set specific to the user identification and the device identification, if the application policy rule-set permits cross-application authentication;
• computer readable program code configured to determine the validity of the authentication verification request, based on at least the last known authentication information, and a second subset of the application policy rule-set specific to the user identification, the device identification and the application identification, if the application policy rule-set does not permit cross-application authentication;
• computer readable program code configured to enable access to the application if the validity of the authentication verification request is true;
• and
• computer readable program code configured to request a new authentication if the validity of the authentication verification request is false.