CLOUD-BASED IDENTITY MANAGEMENT AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR CONTAINERS AND APPLICATIONS

摘要

The disclosed invention is a new method and apparatus for he management of application/container process identity for authentication and enforcing group-based security policies. Identities and security policies are managed in the cloud. Strong cryptographic identities or digital certificates are provided to each application/container or group of applications/containers. Applications/containers use these digital certificates to mutually authenticate each other before providing access o their resources.