Email Access Control via Secure Container Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for controlling email access fail to ensure that email resources are accessed only by authorized parties in authorized manners and do not modify the resources to comply with enterprise security standards.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that identify email resources and resource rules, determining if they satisfy the rules, and modifying them if necessary to ensure compliance, using a processor and memory to execute instructions for access control, including encryption and secure container applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If access credentials are used to control email access, then only authorized parties may access email resources, but the method fails to control how those email resources are accessed and fails to modify the resources to comply with enterprise security standards
Solution Approach 1:
The access control system is segmented into multiple independent components: access credentials for authentication, resource rules for defining access policies, and automated modification mechanisms for enforcing security standards. This segmentation allows each component to handle specific aspects of security control without overwhelming complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining resource rules and access policies before email resources are accessed. The automated modification mechanism proactively modifies email resources to comply with security standards in advance, preventing unauthorized access methods rather than reacting after the fact.
2Reliability
If automated modification of email resources is implemented to comply with security standards, then email resources are protected, but processing time and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies security modifications to email resources in advance, during the email creation or receipt process, rather than waiting until access is attempted. This preliminary action ensures compliance is built-in from the start, reducing delays during actual email access.
Solution Approach 2:
The automated modification mechanism operates autonomously to enforce security standards on email resources without requiring manual intervention from users or administrators. The system self-regulates the modification process, minimizing human time investment while maintaining continuous security compliance.
Data Source
AI summary
Various examples for remotely controlling access to email resources are provided. In one example, one or more computing devices can be configured to provide, through an access control service, at least one user interface that enables creation of resource rules configured for use by the access control service in enforcement of one or more client devices in association with email resources. In response to input received through the at least one user interface of the access control service, the one or more computing devices can generate a resource rule that directs a client application on a client device to open an attachment of one of the email resources in an authorized secure container application.