Secure Mobile Access (DEAL 597)

This lot is generally related to techniques to manage mobile users to securely access network resources in an enterprise network to provide security to the enterprise. Disclosed is a technique to manage mobile user access to network resources on a host network consisting of an access server with a mobile access control layer between the wireless service provider network and the host network. The system receives a request from the mobile device user to access resources by authenticating the user and determining the group membership of the user based on a user ID and other attributes. Each group is associated with a set of resources and associated operations for members of the group. Also disclosed are techniques to determine access rules for the user and generate a list of resources accessible to the user. Further disclosed are techniques to interface resources to the user for read, write, execute, email, delete operation and synchronize operations. The technology may be implemented in network resources management systems, information security management systems, secured network resource sharing systems, enterprise resource management systems, etc.