Dynamic variance mechanism for securing enterprise resources using a virtual private network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11418488-B2
Application number	US-202016788325-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2020
Priority date	Dec 13, 2019
Publication date	Aug 16, 2022
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed are various examples for securing enterprise resources using a virtual private network. A client device can send a first unique device identifier for the client device to a remote management service upon enrollment. When a virtual private network application is first executed, the client device can send a second unique device identifier to the remote management service, where the remote management service is configured to store the second unique device identifier in association with the first unique universal identifier. During subsequent executions of the virtual private network application, the virtual private network service can authenticate the client device by comparing the first unique device identifier and the second unique device identifier to a device identifier received from the remote management service. A machine learning routine can be employed to identify anomalies as the virtual private network application is executed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a client device; and
program instructions stored in memory and executable by the client device that, when executed, direct the client device to:
in an instance in which a virtual private network (VPN) application is first executed on the client device, generate and send a first unique device identifier to a remote management service, the remote management service being configured to store the first unique device identifier in association with a second unique universal identifier;
in an instance in which the virtual private network application is subsequently executed, send the first unique device identifier and the second unique universal identifier to a virtual private network service, wherein the virtual private network service is configured to authenticate the client device by comparing at least one of the first unique device identifier and the second unique universal identifier to a device identifier received from the remote management service; and
in an instance in which the device identifier received from the remote management service does not match at least one of the first unique device identifier and the second unique device identifier, terminate a virtual private network connection on the client device; and
wherein the virtual private network service is further configured to:
execute a machine learning (ML) routine to identify at least one pattern of access for the client device;
identify a network access anomaly in response to a network interaction of the client device deviating from the at least one pattern of access for the client device; and
in an instance in which the network access anomaly is identified, perform at least one remedial action, the at least one remedial action being determined based at least in part on an administrator-defined policy, wherein the machine learning routine is one of: a K-nearest neighbor routine, a one class support vector machine (SVM) routine, an auto-encoder neural network routine, and a one-class neural network (OC-NN) routine.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first unique device identifier is generated as a function of at least one of: an application signing key, a device model, a user enrollment mode, or a unique hash generated from a network service unique identifier for the client device.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein:
the network service unique identifier for the client device is an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) identifier or a mobile equipment identifier (MEID); and
the second unique device identifier is a universally unique device identifier (UUID).

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second unique device identifier for the client device is generated by the remote management service in response to an enrollment of the client device with the remote management service.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein, in the instance in which the virtual private network application is subsequently executed, the first unique device identifier and the second unique identifier are sent to the virtual private network service after completion of a secure sockets layer (SSL) handshake between the virtual private network service and the client device.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the virtual private network service is further configured to:
maintain an access log for at least the client device detailing a network access history of the client device; and
identify the at least one pattern of access for the client device based on the access log.

7. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
in an instance in which a virtual private network (VPN) application is first executed on a client device, generating and sending a first unique device identifier to a remote management service, the remote management service being configured to store the first unique device identifier in association with a second unique universal identifier;
in an instance in which the virtual private network application is subsequently executed, sending the first unique device identifier and the second unique universal identifier to a virtual private network service, wherein the virtual private network service is configured to authenticate the client device by comparing at least one of the first unique device identifier and the second unique universal identifier to a device identifier received from the remote management service;
in an instance in which the device identifier received from the remote management service does not match at least one of the first unique device identifier and the second unique universal identifier, terminating a virtual private network connection on the client device;
executing, by the virtual private network service, a machine learning (ML) routine to identify the at least one pattern of access for the client device;
identifying, by the virtual private network service, a network access anomaly in response to a network interaction of the client device deviating from the at least one pattern of access for the client device; and
in an instance in which the network access anomaly is identified, performing, by the virtual private network service, at least one remedial action, the at least one remedial action being determined based at least in part on an administrator-defined policy, wherein the machine learning routine is one of: a K-nearest neighbor routine, a one class support vector machine (SVM) routine, an auto-encoder neural network routine, and a one-class neural network (OC-NN) routine.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising generating the first unique device identifier as a function of at least one of: an application signing key, a device model, a user enrollment mode, or a unique hash generated from a network service unique identifier for the client device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein:
the network service unique identifier for the client device is an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) identifier or a mobile equipment identifier (MEID); and
the second unique universal identifier is a universally unique device identifier (UUID).

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the first unique device identifier for the client device is generated by the remote management service in response to an enrollment of the client device with the remote management service.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein, in the instance in which the virtual private network application is subsequently executed, the first unique device identifier and the second unique universal identifier are sent to the virtual private network service after completion of a secure sockets layer (SSL) handshake between the virtual private network service and the client device.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising:
maintaining, by the virtual private network service, an access log for at least the client device detailing a network access history of the client device; and
identifying, by the virtual private network service, at least one pattern of access for the client device based on the access log.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions stored thereon executable in a client device that, when executed, direct the client device to:
in an instance in which a virtual private network (VPN) application is first executed on the client device, generate and send a first unique device identifier to a remote management service, the remote management service being configured to store the first unique device identifier in association with a second unique universal identifier;
in an instance in which the virtual pri

Assignees

• Vmware Inc

Inventors

• Kochhar Arjun
• Aluvala Suman
• Yadav Amit
• Srivastava Aman

Classifications

• G06N3/045

  Combinations of networks · CPC title

• G06N3/0455

  Auto-encoder networks; Encoder-decoder networks · CPC title

• G06N3/09

  Supervised learning · CPC title

• H04W12/40

  Security arrangements using identity modules · CPC title

• H04L63/0876

  based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint · CPC title