US 12,476,969 B2
Dynamic SBOM based secure docking of edge capacity to existing computing systems
Sudheesh S. Kairali, Kozhikode (IN); Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN); Sudhanshu Sekher Sar, Bangalore (IN); and Satyam Jakkula, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/239,177.
Prior Publication US 2025/0080533 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/10 (2013.01) [H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, in a data processing system, for controlling docking of an edge capacity with a cloud computing system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a bill of materials (BOM) enabled agent executing on the edge capacity, a BOM data structure specifying components of a configuration of the edge capacity;
performing a lookup operation of components of the BOM data structure in a BOM controls mapping data structure, to identify controls or policies applicable to the components of the BOM data structure;
transmitting the identified controls or policies to the BOM enabled agent for execution on the edge capacity to determine if there are any violations of the controls or policies;
receiving results of execution of the identified controls or policies by the BOM enabled agent, wherein the results specify whether there are any violations of the controls or policies; and
denying docking of the edge capacity with the cloud computing system in response to the results specifying that there was at least one violation of the controls or policies.