Location-Based Data Access Control for Enterprise Privacy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Enterprises face challenges in ensuring the privacy of private enterprise data by preventing unauthorized access in public or shared spaces, where individuals without appropriate rights may view sensitive information.
Innovation Solution
A system employing location-based security measures that utilize location detection devices to determine a device's access to enterprise data based on its current location, allowing access in secure areas and restricting access in less secure areas through a unified endpoint management application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If location-based security restrictions are implemented to prevent unauthorized access to enterprise data in public spaces, then data privacy and security are improved, but device complexity and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a location detection device as an intermediary component that bridges the gap between the mobile device and the unified endpoint management application. This mediator detects the device's location and communicates it to the management system, which then determines whether to allow or restrict data access based on pre-defined location-based security policies. This intermediary approach resolves the technical contradiction by automating the security enforcement mechanism, reducing the complexity burden on individual devices while maintaining robust location-based security controls across the enterprise ecosystem.
2Reliability
If granular location-based access control is enforced, then data security in shared spaces is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to location verification requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service mechanism where the mobile device automatically performs location verification without requiring manual user intervention. The device's location is continuously monitored and automatically compared against security policies by the unified endpoint management application. This allows users to seamlessly access enterprise data when in authorized locations without needing to manually request or verify access permissions, thereby maintaining ease of operation while enforcing granular location-based security controls.
3Reliability
If continuous location monitoring is implemented to enforce security policies, then data privacy protection is improved, but use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs periodic location monitoring instead of continuous monitoring to balance privacy protection with energy conservation. The location detection device checks the device's location at defined intervals rather than continuously tracking it. This periodic approach allows the system to enforce location-based security policies effectively while significantly reducing the energy consumption associated with constant location monitoring, thus resolving the technical contradiction between privacy protection and energy usage.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods of Granular location-based data security. Various embodiments can be configured to at least identify a map having a plurality of regions, each region of the plurality of regions corresponds to a real-world location and one of a plurality of security indicators. Next, various embodiments can receive a signal that indicates that a user has entered a first real-world location and then, based on the signal, determine a region of the plurality of regions. Next, various embodiments can receive a document access request to access a document. The various embodiments can then determine that the client device is not permitted to access the document while located in the region. Then various embodiments can send, to the client device, a response that directs the client device to perform an action that inhibits the client device from accessing the document.