Compliance validator for restricted network access control

A system, comprising:

• a processor that:
• determines if there are any updates at a central update location for either a compliance validation executable file or a compliance configuration file that require installation, based on a digital hash of the compliance validation executable file and the compliance validation configuration file;
• automatically updates a compliance validation executable file and the compliance validation configuration file, if any updates are available;
• determines if a compliance validation executable update file has been removed from the central update location;
• if the update file has been removed, removes the compliance validation executable file and the compliance validation configuration file from a computer system;
• and
• encrypts a path to the central update location to prevent tampering with at least one of the compliance validation executable update file and the compliance validation configuration file stored at the central update location.

A non-transitory computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable code embedded therein, the computer readable medium comprising:

• program instructions that determine if there are any updates at a central update location for either a compliance validation executable file or a compliance configuration file that require installation, based on a digital hash of the compliance validation executable file and the compliance validation configuration file;
• program instructions that automatically update a compliance validation executable file and the compliance validation configuration file, if any updates are available;
• program instructions that determine if a compliance validation executable update file has been removed from the central update location;
• if the update file has been removed, program instructions that
• remove the compliance validation executable file and the compliance validation configuration file from a computer system;
• and
• program instructions that encrypt a path to the central update location to prevent tampering with at least one of the compliance validation executable update file and the compliance validation configuration file stored at the central update location.