Security bypass environment for circumventing a security application in a computing environment
AssigneeWal-Mart Stores, Inc.
InventorWalter N. Scaife
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to performing an operation in a computing environment that is prohibited by a security application governing the computing environment. Exemplary embodiments can generate a security bypass environment in a computing environment governed by the security application to provide a bypass to the security application. In exemplary embodiments, a request to perform the operation can be received via the security bypass environment and the operation can be performed through the security bypass environment in response to satisfaction of access control criteria specified for the security bypass environment so that the performance of the operation bypasses the security application.
Claims20
A method of performing an operation in a computing environment governed by a security application, the method comprising:
- executing a security bypass environment in the computing environment governed by the security application, the security bypass environment being programmed to provide a bypass to the security application;
- receiving a request including a passcode which is dynamically specified and expires in response to an event to perform an operation in the computing environment via the security bypass environment, performance of the operation in the computing environment prohibited by the security application;
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- performing the operation in the computing environment via the security bypass environment in response to satisfaction of access control criteria specified for the security bypass environment, performance of the operation bypassing the security application,
- wherein satisfaction of the access control criteria includes acceptance of the passcode.
A system for performing an operation in a computing environment, the system comprising:
- a computing environment including a plurality of computing devices configured to be communicatively coupled to each other via a communications network, the computing environment being governed by a security application;
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- a processing device associated with one of the computing devices, the processing device being programmed to execute instructions from memory to:
- execute a security bypass environment in the computing environment governed by the security application, the processing device being programmed to configure the security bypass environment to provide a bypass to the security application;
- receive a request including a passcode which is dynamically specified and expires in response to an event to perform an operation in the computing environment via the security bypass environment, performance of the operation being prohibited by the security application;
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- perform the operation through the security bypass environment in response to satisfaction of access control criteria specified for the security bypass environment, performance of the operation bypassing by the security application,
- wherein satisfaction of the access control criteria includes acceptance of the passcode.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage device configured to store instruction executable by a processing device, wherein execution of the instructions causes the processing device to implement a method of performing an operation in a computing environment comprising:
- executing a security bypass environment in the computing environment governed by the security application, the security bypass environment being programmed to provide a bypass to the security application;
- receiving a request including a passcode which is dynamically specified and expires in response to an event to perform an operation in the computing environment via the security bypass environment, performance of the operation being prohibited by the security application;
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- performing the operation through the security bypass environment in response to satisfaction of access control criteria specified for the security bypass environment, performance of the operation bypassing by the security application,
- wherein satisfaction of the access control criteria includes acceptance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.