IP Library Granted Patent US 11,765,205
Granted Patent B2
US 11,765,205 · App. 17/458,870 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Omni-channel end-point security

Inventors: Ramesh Vaddadi (Andhra Pradesh, IN); Krishna Kumari Rudraraju (Telangana, IN)
Assignee: NCR Corporation
H04L63/20G06F21/572G06F21/645H04L63/18G06F8/61G06F9/44505
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Patent No.
US 11,765,205
App. No.
17/458,870
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An Omni-channel security manager is provided. The Omni-channel security manager is configured to: receive selections for domain/channel specific security applications and deploy security agents to end-point devices. The security agents interact with the Omni-channel security manager to install, initiate, manage, and monitor the domain/channel specific security applications on the end-point devices.

Claims (28)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a selection that identifies a security application, a domain/channel, and an endpoint device;

configuring a process flow of the security application to identify within the process flow where a security operation is to be enforced by the endpoint device during transaction process flows for transactions processed on the endpoint device over the domain/channel;

deploying a security agent to the endpoint device that initiates the security application on the endpoint device; and

monitoring the security application for the domain/channel during the transactions.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving further includes providing a list of available security applications for inclusion in the selection through an interface, wherein the list comprises device hardening operations, application/device authorized operations by application/device identifiers, and device hard disk encryption operations.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein receiving further includes identifying the endpoint device as a peripheral device interfaced to a different device as a peripheral of that different device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein configuring further includes receiving encryption and decryption keys through the interface and further configuring the security application for encryption and decryption utilizing the encrypting and decryption keys.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein deploying further includes configuring the security agent to receive and to process updates made to the security application on the endpoint device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein deploying further includes configuring the security agent to check a digital signature of the security application.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein deploying further includes configuring the security agent to remove the security application from the endpoint device when the digital signature of the security application cannot be verified by the security agent.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein deploying further includes configuring the security agent to report security audit information for the security application and the domain/channel for use in the monitoring.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein deploying further includes configuring the security agent to shutdown the endpoint device when the digital signature of the security application cannot be verified by the security agent.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising, processing the receiving, the configuring, the deploying, and the monitoring as a single point of management of an enterprise for the security application of the domain/channel and other security applications associated with other domains/channels.

11. A method, comprising:

providing an interface to an enterprise;

receiving a security application associated with a domain/channel and an endpoint device of the enterprise through the interface;

receiving a location within a process flow of the security application that a security operation is to be processed through the interface during transactions processed within transaction flows on the endpoint device over the domain/channel;

configuring the process flow of the security application to process the security operation for the transactions on the endpoint device over the domain/channel;

configuring a security agent to install and activate the security application on the endpoint device; and

deploying the security agent to the endpoint device.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising, monitoring the transactions of the domain/channel through the security application.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein configuring the security agent further includes configuring the security agent to dynamically receive and install updates to the security application on the endpoint device.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein configuring the security agent further includes configuring the security agent to verify a digital signature of the security application during boots of the endpoint device.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein configuring the security agent further includes configuring the security agent to capture audit information for the security application and to report the audit information.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein configuring the security agent further includes configuring the security agent to remove the security agent and shutdown the endpoint device when the security agent is unable to verify a digital signature for the security application.

17. The method of claim 11 further comprising, monitoring the security application during the transactions over the domain/channel through reporting by the security agent.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising, instructing the security agent to update and re-initiate the security application based on the monitoring.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 7, 2023
From: NCR CORPORATION
To: NCR VOYIX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065820/0704 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2023
From: NCR VOYIX CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 065346/0168 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2021
From: VADDADI, RAMESH; RUDRARAJU, KRISHNA KUMARI
To: NCR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057380/0039 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15957379 · Apr 19, 2018
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