Systems and methods for applying a security policy to a device based on a comparison of locations
View Patent ↗Location information associated with a computing device may be received by a server. The server may compare the current location of the computing device with a set of locations associated with the computing device. The comparison may result in a determination that the computing device is in a location that has been identified in the set of locations. In response to such a determination, a particular security policy may be applied to the computing device. For example, the server may transmit a command to the computing device to apply a security policy associated with the location.
1. A method comprising:
at a server, receiving from a mobile communications device current location-related information;
at the server, comparing the mobile communications device's current location-related information with a set of locations associated with the mobile communications device; and
at the server determining using the location comparison that the mobile communications device is in a location that requires a specific security policy; and,
transmitting a command to the mobile communications device to apply that specific security policy.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the current location-related information comprises information related to a physical location of the mobile communications device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the current location-related information comprises GPS information.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the current location-related information comprises cell tower information.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein current location-related information comprises Wi-Fi access point information.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specific security policy replaces a previous security policy associated with a previous location.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the specific security policy and the previous security policy have different levels of security.
8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
at a server, receiving from a mobile communications device location-related information associated with a current location of the mobile communications device;
at the server, comparing the location-related information from the mobile communications device with a set of locations associated with the mobile communications device; and
at the server determining using the location comparison that the mobile communications device is in a location of the set of locations that requires a specific security policy; and,
transmitting a command to the mobile communications device to apply the specific security policy.
9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the location-related information comprises information related to a physical location of the mobile communications device.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the location-related information comprises GPS information.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the location-related information comprises cell tower information.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein location-related information comprises Wi-Fi access point information.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the specific security policy replaces a previous security policy associated with a previous location received from the mobile communications device.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the specific security policy and the previous security policy have different levels of security.
15. A system, comprising at least one processor and memory, comprising:
a module to receive, by a server, location-related information from a mobile communications device, the location-related information is associated with a current location of the mobile communications device;
a module to compare, by the server, the current location associated with the location-related information with a set of location areas;
a module to transmit a command to the mobile communications device to apply a specific security policy to the mobile communications device when the comparison by the server determines that current location of the mobile communications device is in a location area of the set of location areas that requires the specific security policy.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the location-related information comprises GPS information.
17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the location-related information comprises cell tower information.
18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the location-related information comprises Wi-Fi access point information.
19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the location-related information comprises information related to a physical location of the mobile communications device.
20. The system of claim 15 , wherein applying the specific security policy to the mobile communications device replaces a prior security policy that has been applied to the mobile communications device, the specific security policy is more strict than the prior security policy.