Host Computing System for Secure BYOD Conference Sessions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) devices, such as smartphones and tablets, pose integration challenges and security concerns in enterprise environments due to unsupported operating systems, leading to accessibility issues and increased complexity, with existing virtualization approaches being unreliable and raising security concerns when connectivity is lost.
Innovation Solution
A host computing system provides a secure wireless operating system session to BYOD devices, establishing a secure connection and allowing access to data and conferencing capabilities, even when the device is outside the enterprise environment, using a processing resource, data store, and wireless networking devices to ensure compatibility and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If BYOD devices are allowed in enterprise environment, then device versatility and user convenience are improved, but security risks and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
A gateway device is introduced as an intermediary between BYOD devices and the enterprise network. The gateway runs a trusted operating system that mediates all communications, allowing unsupported devices to access enterprise resources securely without direct network exposure. This resolves the contradiction by enabling device versatility while maintaining security through the intermediary layer.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is segmented into three distinct layers: the BYOD device layer (user interface), the gateway layer (security enforcement point with trusted OS), and the enterprise network layer (protected resources). This segmentation isolates security risks to the gateway layer while allowing diverse devices to connect, resolving the contradiction between versatility and security.
2Adaptability or versatility
If virtualization approaches are used to support BYOD devices, then device compatibility is improved, but reliability deteriorates when connectivity is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway device pre-establishes secure connections and caches essential enterprise resources before network connectivity is needed. By preparing authentication credentials, security policies, and critical data in advance on the gateway, the system maintains reliability during connectivity losses while still supporting diverse operating systems through the gateway's mediation.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If secure connections are established for remote access, then data security is improved, but access reliability worsens when network connectivity is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway device maintains local caches of security credentials, authentication tokens, and essential enterprise data before network disconnection occurs. This beforehand cushioning allows users to continue accessing cached resources and maintaining secure sessions even when network connectivity is lost, resolving the contradiction between security and access reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
Examples disclosed herein relate to a conference call host. Examples include to establishing, by a first computing system, a first secure connection to a second computing system via a wireless network in response to receiving a secure connection request from the second computing system; the first computing system and the second computing system are in physical proximity to each other. Examples include to provide an operating system session to the second computing system through the secure connection while the first computing system and the second computing system remain in physical proximity to each other; the operating system is stored on and executable by the first computing system. Examples include to provide a connection to a conferencing platform to the second computing system via the first secure connection, the conference call at least among the first computing system, the second computing system, and a remote user.