Granted Patent B2

US 12,282,575 · App. 17/859,720 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Inventors: Marcelo Yannuzzi (Vufflens-la-Ville, CH); Hervé Muyal (Gland, CH); Jean Andrei Diaconu (Haute-Savoie, FR); Frank Brockners (Cologne, DE); Carlos Goncalves Pereira (Carlsbad, CA)

Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.

G06F21/6218G06F9/543G06F21/60G06F16/24573G06F21/6245

Abstract

Claims (44)

1. A method comprising:

obtaining, by a device, a location of an endpoint that communicates with an application service, wherein the location of the endpoint is indicative of at least a geographical location of the endpoint;

matching, by the device, the location of the endpoint to a data compliance policy;

identifying, by the device, sensitive data within the application service to which the data compliance policy applies; and

configuring, by the device, the application service to permit the endpoint to at least one of access or send the sensitive data when permitted by the data compliance policy.

2. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the endpoint is authorized to at least one of access or send non-sensitive data via the application service regardless of its location.

3. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the sensitive data is flagged via annotations embedded into program code of the application service.

4. The method as in claim 3 , further comprising:

generating the data compliance policy based on the annotations embedded into program code of the application service.

5. The method as in claim 1 , wherein configuring the application service to permit the endpoint to at least one of access or send the sensitive data when permitted by the data compliance policy comprises:

sending token information to the application service for a token issued to the endpoint that is associated with the location.

6. The method as in claim 1 , further comprising:

querying the endpoint for its location according to a schedule as based on movement of the endpoint.

7. The method as in claim 1 , further comprising:

reconfiguring, by the device, the application service to prevent the endpoint from at least one of accessing or sending the sensitive data based on a new location of the endpoint.

8. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the application service is hosted in at least one of a cloud, an edge, or a private infrastructure.

9. The method as in claim 1 , wherein obtaining the location of the endpoint that accesses the application service comprises:

sending a challenge query to the endpoint for its location.

10. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the application service is executed in a data mesh.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more network interfaces;

a processor coupled to the one or more network interfaces and configured to execute one or more processes; and

a memory configured to store a process that is executable by the processor, the process when executed configured to:

obtain a location of an endpoint that communicates with an application service, wherein the location of the endpoint is indicative of at least a geographical location of the endpoint;

match the location of the endpoint to a data compliance policy;

identify sensitive data within the application service to which the data compliance policy applies; and

configure the application service to permit the endpoint to at least one of access or send the sensitive data when permitted by the data compliance policy.

12. The apparatus as in claim 11 , wherein the endpoint is authorized to at least one of access or send non-sensitive data via the application service regardless of its location.

13. The apparatus as in claim 11 , wherein the sensitive data is flagged via annotations embedded into program code of the application service.

14. The apparatus as in claim 13 , wherein the process when executed is further configured to:

generate the data compliance policy based on the annotations embedded into program code of the application service.

15. The apparatus as in claim 11 , wherein the application service is configured to permit the endpoint to at least one of access or send the sensitive data when permitted by the data compliance policy by sending token information to the application service for a token issued to the endpoint that is associated with the location.

16. The apparatus as in claim 11 , wherein the process when executed is further configured to:

query the endpoint for its location according to a schedule as based on movement of the endpoint.

17. The apparatus as in claim 11 , wherein the process when executed is further configured to:

reconfigure the application service to prevent the endpoint from at least one of accessing or sending the sensitive data based on a new location of the endpoint.

18. The apparatus as in claim 11 , wherein the application service is hosted in at least one of a cloud, an edge, or a private infrastructure.

19. The apparatus as in claim 11 , wherein obtaining the location of the endpoint that accesses the application service comprises:

sending a challenge query to the endpoint for its location.

20. A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing program instructions that cause a device to execute a process comprising:

obtaining, by the device, a location of an endpoint that communicates with an application service, wherein the location of the endpoint is indicative of at least a geographical location of the endpoint;

matching, by the device, the location of the endpoint to a data compliance policy;

identifying, by the device, sensitive data within the application service to which the data compliance policy applies; and

configuring, by the device, the application service to permit the endpoint to at least one of access or send the sensitive data when permitted by the data compliance policy.

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