Multifactor authentication at a data source
AssigneeCyral Inc.
InventorsManav Ratan Mital, Srinivas Nageswarrao Vadlamani, Pramod Chandraiah, Hugo Araújo de Sousa
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Abstract
A method and system for performing authentication are described. The method and system include receiving, from a client, a communication for a data source at a wrapper. The wrapper includes a dispatcher and a service. The dispatcher receives the communication and is data agnostic. The communication is provided from the dispatcher to the service. The service determines whether the client is authorized to access the data source utilizing multi-factor authentication.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, from a client, a communication for a data source at a wrapper, the wrapper including a dispatcher and a service, the dispatcher receiving the communication and being data agnostic;
- providing the communication from the dispatcher to the service;
- determining, using the service, whether the client is authorized to access the data source utilizing multi-factor authentication (MFA).
A system, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive, from a client, a communication for a data source at a wrapper, the wrapper including a dispatcher and a service, the dispatcher receiving the communication and being data agnostic;
- provide the communication from the dispatcher to the service;
- determine, using the service, whether the client is authorized to access the data source utilizing multi-factor authentication (MFA);
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- a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving, from a client, a communication for a data source at a wrapper, the wrapper including a dispatcher and a service, the dispatcher receiving the communication and being data agnostic;
- providing the communication from the dispatcher to the service;
- determining, using the service, whether the client is authorized to access the data source utilizing multi-factor authentication (MFA).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.