Unisys Corporation
Secured network bridge
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Abstract:
Methods and systems for securing communications with an enterprise from a remote computing system are disclosed. The enterprise is included within a community of interest. One method includes authenticating a bridge appliance with an authentication server associated with an enterprise having secure communications, and receiving a packet at the bridge appliance. The method also includes decrypting the packet to provide a decrypted packet in a case where the packet is encrypted according to a cryptographic key associated with the enterprise, and forwarding the decrypted packet to a remote computing device in communication with the bridge appliance. The method additionally includes, in a case where the packet is received from the remote computing device, encrypting the packet according to a cryptographic key associated with the enterprise, to provide an encrypted packet, and forwarding the encrypted packet to an endpoint within the enterprise.
Utility
11 May 2018
4 Aug 2020