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AssigneeMimecast Services Ltd.
InventorsJackie Anne Maylor, Simon Paul Tyler, Mark O'Hare, Nathaniel S. Borenstein
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In various exemplary embodiments, a security continuity system allows users to continue accessing certain user accounts (e.g., email, calendar, contacts, documents, instant messaging, cloud storage, etc.) through alternate logon identity credentials that are automatically provisioned such as when a security event is detected or suspected. The alternate logon identity credentials may be temporary (e.g., just used during security continuity until the original user logon identity credentials can be secured such as by establishing a new password or by having the user select a new logon identity) or permanent (e.g., the alternate logon identity can become the user's new logon identity). Security continuity may be invoked manually (e.g., by the user or by an administrator) or automatically when certain conditions are detected (e.g., through detection of suspicious activities such as repeated user lockouts due to multiple failed logon attempts or upon detection of a successful breach by an attacker).
A method of managing access to user accounts for a security event, the user accounts accessed through primary user logon identity credentials, the method comprising:
A security continuity system for managing access to user accounts for a security event, the user accounts accessed through primary user logon identity credentials prior to the security event, the system comprising:
A computer program product for managing access to user accounts during a security event, the user accounts accessed through primary user logon identity credentials prior to the security event, the computer program product comprising a tangible non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer program instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, perform computer processes comprising:
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