US 12,225,007 B2
Systems and methods for using a network access device to secure a network prior to requesting access to the network by the network access device
Emilio Borbolla Galindo, Merida (MX)
Assigned to Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/396,393.
Application 18/396,393 is a continuation of application No. 17/185,542, filed on Feb. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,916,902.
Prior Publication US 2024/0129308 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0876 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodying instructions, which when executed by one or more processing resources of a secure corporate access device, representing a known access device to a corporate network, causes the secure corporate access device to:
receive a request to access the corporate network, representing a known network to the secure corporate access device;
based on a determination that the requested access will result in an indirect connection from the secure corporate network access device to the corporate network from a remote network through which the secure corporate access device is coupled to the corporate network, identify whether the remote network includes one or more unsecure network elements by scanning the remote network;
based on an unsecure network element being identified on the remote network as a result of the scanning;
deny the request to access the corporate network; and
mitigate a security issue of the unsecure network element by coupling the secure corporate access device in communication with the corporate network through another remote network; and
based on no unsecure network elements being identified on the remote network as a result of the scanning, request a grant of access from the corporate network to the secure corporate access device.