Kevin C Mcmurdie

US Patent:

20180365397, Dec 20, 2018

Filed:

Mar 22, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/928577

Inventors:

- Morris Plains NJ, US
- Amherst NH, US
Eric D. Knapp - Milton NH, US
Christopher W. Barr - Nashua NH, US
David Young - Stratham NH, US
Kevin McMurdie - Surprise AZ, US

International Classification:

G06F 21/31
G06F 21/44
G06F 21/45

Abstract:

A method includes detecting a connection attempt from a device, quarantining the device to prevent the device from substantially interacting with a host system, and determining whether the device requires verification while the device is quarantined. The method also includes, in response to determining that the device requires verification, presenting at least one authorization challenge to a user while the device is quarantined. The at least one authorization challenge requests that the user provide at least one specified response. The method further includes, in response to determining that the device requires verification, determining whether the user correctly provided the at least one specified response while the device is quarantined, granting access to the device in response to determining that the user correctly provided the at least one specified response, and continuing to quarantine the device in response to determining that the user did not correctly provide the at least one specified response.