US20160359921A1 - Secure local web application data manager - Google Patents

Abstract

Apparatus, systems and methods may provide a browser interface to detect an attempt by web content to manipulate data in a local data store. In addition, the data may be classified into a category if the data is remotely accessible. Additionally, a security policy may be applied to the data based on the category. In one example, a separator may separate the data from other data based on the category, the data may be encrypted/decrypted based on the category, and/or context information and user input may be determined to apply the security policy further based on the context information and the user input.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
• The present application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. 13/721,912 filed on Dec. 20, 2012.
BACKGROUND
• Embodiments generally relate to secure local web application data management. More particularly, embodiments relate to the classification of data into a category if the data is remotely accessible, and/or to the implementation of a security policy to the data based on the classification.
• Emerging markup languages such as HTML5 (Hypertext Markup Language 5, e.g., HTML5 Editor's Draft 8 May 2012, W3C), LLVM (e.g., LLVM 3.1, May 22, 2012, llvm.org), and other runtime or just in time (JIT) environment languages may support more robust multimedia related web platform development. The use of these advanced languages, however, may also expose end user platform components such as local graphics processors, memory, sensors, and so forth, to web applications, wherein the exposure of such components may lead to security concerns.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
• The various advantages of the embodiments of the present invention will become apparent to one skilled in the art by reading the following specification and appended claims, and by referencing the following drawings, in which:
• FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an example of a local data manager according to an embodiment;
• FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an example of a method of managing security in a web based environment according to an embodiment;
• FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an example of a processor according to an embodiment; and
• FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an example of a system according to an embodiment.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
• Turning now toFIG. 1, alocal data manager10 is shown according to an embodiment. In the illustrated example, a user obtains web content12 (e.g., web pages, applications, multimedia, etc.) via abrowser14. Thelocal data manager10 and/or thebrowser14 may execute on a platform such as, for example, a desktop computer, workstation, notebook computer, smart tablet, smart phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), media player, imaging device, etc., or combinations thereof. In one example, one or more components of thelocal data manager10 and/or thebrowser14 may be implemented in a browser independent client application, plug-in, Operating System (OS), firmware, hardware, or combinations thereof. Thebrowser14 may be associated with alocal data store16 that resides on-platform, off-platform, or combinations thereof. Of particular note is that theweb content12 may have access to thelocal data store16 by virtue of theweb content12 being written in a runtime and/or JIT environment language, which exposes platform hardware, such as Hypertext Markup Language 5 (HTML5), Java, JavaScript, C#, and so on, or combinations thereof.
• Thelocal data manager10 may include abrowser module18 having abrowser interface20. In the illustrated example, thebrowser interface20 detects an attempt by theweb content12 to manipulate data in thelocal data store16. For example, thebrowser interface20 may monitor a web application, such as an HTML5 web application, to detect the manipulation attempt by theweb content12. The manipulation attempt may include one or more operations that attempt to read from and/or write to the data in thelocal data store16, such as an operation involving data in local storage (e.g., HTML5 Web Storage), cache (e.g., HTML5 Application Cache), memory, hard drives, graphics hardware, and so on, or combinations thereof. Accordingly, a user may launch a web application or service that includes a request to operate on the data in the local storage16 (e.g., change an offline cache), which is intercepted by thebrowser interface20. As will be discussed in greater detail, undesired manipulation attempts by a web application may be prevented in the example shown.
• Thelocal data manager10 may additionally include adata management module22 to categorize the data in thelocal store16 if the data is remotely accessible. More particularly, thedata management module22 may select one or more categories from a plurality of categories to classify the data. For example, a privacy category may be selected to classify privacy data that has been determined to be remotely accessible, such as remotely accessible browsing history data, personal data, and so on, or combinations thereof. A cryptographic category may also be selected to classify cryptographic data that has been determined to be remotely accessible, such as remotely accessible username information, password information, challenge information, and so on, or combinations thereof. Additionally, an application specific category may be selected to classify application specific data that has been determined to be remotely accessible, such as remotely accessible webmail data, retail data, auction data, and so on, or combinations thereof. Other categories may also be used, depending upon the circumstances. Moreover, one or more of the categories may be preselected, may be determined by employing a training process (e.g., training data), or combinations thereof. In one example, the selected category may be determined by adaptively recognizing the type of data from identifying information, such as a web link address (e.g., source), elements, tags, and so on, or combinations thereof.
• In addition, thedata management module22 may implement aseparator24 to separate the remotely accessible data from other data. In one example, theseparator24 may separate remotely accessible web data from other web data, such as web data that is not remotely accessible. In addition, theseparator24 may separate the data in thelocal data store16 based on the selected category. For example, theseparator24 may separate privacy data based on the classification of the data in a privacy category, cryptographic data based on the classification of the data in a cryptographic category, application specific data associated with a first application based on the classification of the data in a first application specific category, application specific data associated with a second application based on the classification of the data in a second applications specific category, and so on, or combinations thereof.
• In the illustrated example, the data may be separated and stored in thelocal data store16 on a partitioned basis. In this regard, thelocal data store16 may include a plurality ofstorage regions16a-16ncorresponding to the plurality of categories. For example, thelocal data store16 may include one ormore storage regions16acorresponding to the privacy category, one ormore storage regions16bcorresponding to the cryptographic category, one ormore storage regions16c,16dcorresponding to the first and the second application specific categories, respectively, and so on, or combinations thereof. Thestorage regions16a-16nmay be on the same or separate physical or virtual storage on the same or separate platforms, or combinations thereof. For example, thestorage regions16aand16bmay be on the same physical memory, thestorage region16cmay be on a hard disk of the same platform where the physical memory is located, and thestorage16dmay be on an off-platform removable media storage (e.g., flash drive).
• Additionally, thelocal data manager10 may include apolicy module26 to apply a security policy to the data stored in thelocal data storage16 based on the categories. Generally, the security policy may be employed to prevent unintended accesses, malicious actions and/or attacks. For example, thepolicy module26 may determine whether to permit access attempts by theweb content12, which may be detected bybrowser interface20, using a security policy based on the categories. The security policy may be predetermined, determined in real-time, and/or determined by combinations thereof. Moreover, a security policy may be established from any source, such as from user input, context information associated with the platform, an enterprise policy from an organization's information technology (IT) department, a multi-user (e.g., community) data source or other cloud service via a communication link, and so on, or combinations thereof. Also, the security policy may be established at any component of thelocal data manager10, for example at thebrowser module18, thedata management module22, thepolicy module26, and so on, or combinations thereof.
• The user input employed to apply a security policy may be in any form, for example in the form of a profile that is configurable by the user and/or administrator. In the illustrated example, auser interface28 of thebrowser14 may provide the user input to thebrowser interface20, which may forward the information to thepolicy module26. The user input may be obtained from a communication link, and may be forwarded directly from the communication link and/or theuser interface28 to any component of thelocal data manager10, such as thepolicy module26, memory, storage, and so on, or combinations thereof. In one example, thepolicy module26 applies a security policy based on a category and further based on user input received via theuser interface28, which may permit attempts by a particular type of JavaScript (JS) application to access a type of data (e.g., privacy data, etc.) in the local data storage16 (e.g.,storage region16a, etc.) based on a category (e.g., privacy category, etc.) and deny attempts by another type of web application to access the data (e.g., privacy data, etc.) in the local data storage16 (e.g.,storage region16a) based on the category (e.g., privacy category, etc.).
• In another example, thepolicy module26 may apply a security policy based on a category and further based on user input, which may deny access by the particular type of JS application to a type of data (e.g., cryptographic data, etc.) in the local data storage16 (e.g.,storage region16b,etc.) based on a category (e.g., cryptographic category, etc.), even though it may have access to another type of data (e.g., privacy data, etc.) in the local data storage16 (e.g.,storage region16a,etc.) based on another category (e.g., privacy category, etc.). In yet another example, the user input may establish a security policy in which web content from a particular site may be denied and/or allowed access to a type of data in a local data storage based a category and user input. For example, thepolicy module26 may permit access by content of a particular web site (e.g., www*website1*com) to a type of data (e.g., privacy data) in the local data storage16 (e.g.,storage region16a) based on a category (e.g., privacy category) and deny access by another web site (e.g., www*website2*com) to the data (e.g., privacy data) in the local data storage16 (e.g.,storage region16a) based on the category (e.g., privacy category).
• Additionally, thelocal data manager10 may include acontext sensor interface30 to determine context information related to the platform, such that the security policy may be applied to the data further based on platform context information. In the illustrated example, a data source32 may provide data to thecontext sensor interface30 to determine context information. The data source32 may provide context information associated with the platform, an enterprise policy from an organization's IT department, a multi-user (e.g., community) data source or other cloud service via a communication link, and so on, or combinations thereof. In one example, the context information includes data related to the geolocation of the platform, the hardware of the platform, the software of the platform, the use of the platform, and so on, or combinations thereof. Thecontext sensor interface30 may forward the context information to thedata management module22, which may provide the context information and/or the security policy to thepolicy module26 on encountering a manipulation attempt detected by thebrowser interface20. The context information may also be automatically and/or directly forwarded to any component of thelocal data manager10, such as thepolicy module26.
• Thecontext sensor interface30 may determine location information related to the platform from one or more WiFi (Wireless Fidelity, e.g., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/IEEE 802.11-2007, Wireless Local Area Network/LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications) sensors, global positioning system (GPS) sensors, global system for mobile communications (GSM) sensors, cellular sensors, near field communication sensors, audio sensors, motion sensors, and so on, or combinations thereof. In one example, thepolicy module26 may apply a security policy based on a category and further based on location context information associated with the platform (e.g., home, work, geographic coordinates, etc.), which may permit attempts by theweb content12 to access a type of data (e.g., privacy data, etc.) in the local data storage16 (e.g.,storage region16a,etc.) based on a category (e.g., privacy category, etc.) when the platform is at the location (e.g., home, etc.), and deny attempts by theweb content12 to access another type of the data (e.g., cryptographic data, etc.) in the local data storage16 (e.g.,storage region16b,etc.) based on another category (e.g., cryptographic category, etc.) when the platform is at the location (e.g., home). In another example, the security policy may permit attempts by theweb content12 to access a type of data (e.g., cryptographic data, etc.) based on a category (e.g., cryptographic category, etc.) when the platform is at yet another location (e.g., work, etc.).
• Thecontext sensor interface30 may also determine context information associated with hardware of the platform. The hardware information may include unique identifying platform address information, such as an international mobile equipment identification (IMEI) number, a media access control (MAC) address, an internet protocol (IP) address, and so on, or combinations thereof. The hardware information may also include platform component information, such as information associated with platform memory, storage, sensors, communication cards, displays, and so on, or combinations thereof. In one example, thepolicy module26 applies a security policy based on a category and further based on hardware information (e.g., MAC address, memory, etc.) associated with the platform, which may permit attempts by theweb content12 to access a type of data (e.g., privacy data, etc.) in the local data storage16 (e.g.,storage region16a,etc.) based on a category (e.g., privacy category, etc.) when the platform is employing the platform hardware associated with the hardware information (e.g., MAC address, memory, etc.). In another example, the security policy may deny attempts by theweb content12 to access another type of the data (e.g., cryptographic data, etc.) in the local data storage16 (e.g.,storage region16b,etc.) based on another category (e.g., cryptographic category, etc.) when the platform is employing the same platform hardware associated with the hardware information (e.g., the same MAC address, memory, etc.).
• Thecontext sensor interface30 may further determine context information associated with software of the platform. The software information may include data associated with platform browser types, applications, programming languages, OS types, drivers, and so on, or combinations thereof. In one example, thepolicy module26 may apply a security policy based on a category and further based on software information (e.g., browser type, etc.) associated with the platform, which may permit attempts by theweb content12 to access a type of data (e.g., privacy data, etc.) in the local data storage16 (e.g.,storage region16a,etc.) based on a category (e.g., privacy category, etc.) when the platform is employing specific platform software (e.g., specific browser type, etc.). In addition, the security policy may deny attempts by theweb content12 to access another type of the data (e.g., cryptographic data, etc.) based on another category (e.g., cryptographic category, etc.) when the platform is employing the specific platform software (e.g., the specific browser type, etc.). Additionally, the security policy may permit attempts by theweb content12 to access a type of data (e.g., cryptographic data, etc.) based on a category (e.g., cryptographic category, etc.) when the platform is employing another specific platform software (e.g., another specific browser type).
• Thecontext sensor interface30 may further determine context information associated with use of the platform. The use of the platform may include work use, personal use, and so on, or combinations thereof. In one example, thepolicy module26 may apply a security policy based on a category and further based on use of the platform (e.g., personal use, etc.), which may permit attempts by theweb content12 to access a type of data (e.g., privacy data, etc.) in the local data storage16 (e.g.,storage region16a,etc.) based on a category (e.g., privacy category, etc.) when the platform is employed for a particular use (e.g., personal use). In addition, the security policy may deny attempts by theweb content12 to access another type of the data (e.g., cryptographic data, etc.) based on another category (e.g., cryptographic category, etc.) when the platform is employed for the same particular type of use (e.g., personal use). Moreover, the security policy may permit attempts by theweb content12 to access a type of data (e.g., cryptographic data, etc.) based on a category (e.g., cryptographic category, etc.) when the platform is employed for another type of use (e.g., work use, etc.) and deny access to another type of data (e.g., privacy data) when the platform is employed for the same type of use (e.g., work use, etc.).
• Additionally, thelocal data manager10 may include ahardware security element34 to encrypt/decrypt the data in thelocal data store16. In the illustrated example, thedata management module22 uses thehardware security element34 to perform an encryption process (e.g., encrypt and/or decrypt) on the data in the local data storage16 (e.g.,storage regions16a-16n). The encryption process may be predetermined, adaptive, and/or based on one or more categories. For example, thedata management module22 may implement thehardware security element34 to automatically encrypt all of the data stored in thelocal data storage16, may instruct thehardware security element34 to selectively encrypt the data stored in thelocal storage16 based on the category, and so on, or combinations thereof.
• The encryption process may be software assisted, hardware assisted, and so on, or combinations thereof. For example, the encryption process may be accomplished using any encryption algorithm, such as Rivest Shamir Adleman (RSA) algorithm, secure hash algorithm (SHA), message-digest algorithm (MD5), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Advanced Encryption Standards New Instructions (AES-NI), and so on, or combinations thereof. In one example, it may be predetermined that all of the data stored in thelocal data storage16 is to be encrypted/decrypted by thehardware security element34 on instruction from thedata management module22. In another example, it may be adaptively determined that only one type of data (e.g., privacy data) may be encrypted/decrypted based on a category (e.g., privacy category), that one type of data (e.g., privacy data) may be encrypted/decrypted with one type of encryption algorithm (e.g., AES-NI) that is different from another encryption algorithm (e.g., AES) used for another type of data (e.g., cryptography data), and so on, or combinations thereof.
• Additionally, thelocal data manager10 may provide a report to the user, to the administrator, to any security authority (e.g., network management platform, data analyzer, intrusion detection system, etc.), and so on, or combinations thereof. In the illustrated example, the report is rendered by thedata management module22 to the user via theuser interface28. The report may be in textual form, graphical form, machine-readable form, and so on, or combinations thereof. The report may be provided on a display, such as a platform light-emitting diode (LED) display, stored, communicated over any communications link (e.g., via WiFi), and so on, or combinations thereof. The report may include a description of the data that has been attempted to be read, stored and/or modified in thelocal data store16, the source of the attempt to operate on the data, recommended actions to be taken, actions taken, and so on, or combinations thereof. In one example, the report includes a description of the data that has been stored (e.g., description of the data together with the category), the source of the attempt to operate on the data (e.g., source of the web content12), recommended actions (e.g., classify data, separate data, establish a security policy, employ a security policy, apply encryption process, etc.), and/or actions taken (e.g., data classified, data separated, security policy applied, user input and/or context information employed, encryption process applied, etc.).
• The security report may be established at any component of thelocal data manager10, such as at thebrowser module18, thedata management module22, thepolicy module26, and so on, or combinations thereof. Moreover, while examples have illustrated separate interfaces, modules, and elements, it is apparent that one or more of the modules, interfaces and/or elements presented herein may be implemented in one or more combined modules, interfaces and/or elements. Accordingly, for example, thebrowser interface20, thedata management module22, theseparator24, thecontext sensor interface30, thehardware security element34, and/or thepolicy module26 may be implemented in a combined module, interface and/or element in any combinations thereof.
• Turning now toFIG. 2, amethod36 of managing security in a web based environment is shown according to an embodiment. Themethod36 may be implemented as a set of logic instructions and/or firmware stored in a machine- or computer-readable medium such as random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), flash memory, etc., in configurable logic such as, for example, programmable logic arrays (PLAs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), in fixed-functionality logic hardware using circuit technology such as, for example, application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) or transistor-transistor logic (TTL) technology, or any combination thereof. For example, computer program code to carry out operations shown in themethod36 may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as C++ or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the “C” programming language or similar programming languages. Moreover, themethod36 may be implemented as the local data manager10 (FIG. 1) using any of the herein mentioned circuit technologies.
• Illustratedprocessing block38 provides for detecting an attempt by web content to manipulate data in a local data store. In one example, the web content may be written in a runtime and/or JIT environment language which exposes platform hardware, such as HTML5, Java, JavaScript, C#, and so on, or combinations thereof.Block40 provides for determining if the data in the local data store is remotely accessible. For example, the data may be remotely accessible if it is associated with an operation involving remote access to data in local storage (e.g., HTML5 Web Storage), cache (e.g., HTML5 Application Cache), memory, hard drives, graphics, and so on, or combinations thereof. If it is determined that the data is not remotely accessible, themethod36 may terminate.
• If, on the other hand, it is determined that the data is remotely accessible, illustratedprocessing block42 provides for classifying the data into one or more categories. The data may be classified prior to, during, and/or after the manipulation attempt is generated, received, and/or detected. In one example, the data may be automatically classified and stored when the data is generated and/or received irrespective of the manipulation attempt. In another example, the data may be retrieved, classified and stored after a request to operate on the data is received and/or detected. Classifying the data may include selecting the category from a plurality of categories, such as, but not limited to, a privacy category, a cryptographic category, an application specific category, an organization (e.g., company) confidentiality specification, and so on, or combinations thereof. In addition, classifying the data may be accomplished by an untrained classifier, for example using preconfigured settings or by prompting the user to establish categories with or without policy configurations (e.g., initial configurations). Classifying the data may also be accomplished by a trained classifier based on the source of the data, the type of data, the attributes of the data, the elements of the data, and so on, or combinations thereof.
• Additionally, the data may be separated from other data prior to, during, and/or after being classified. In one example, data that is determined to be remotely accessible may be separated from other data (e.g., data that is not remotely accessible) before being classified. In addition, the data may be separated from other data in the local data store based on the category. For example, one type of data that is classified may be separated from another type of data that is classified based on their respective categories. In addition, the local data store may include a plurality of regions corresponding to the plurality of categories, such that the data that is classified may be stored in respective storage regions corresponding to the categories.
• Illustratedprocessing block44 provides for determining context information to establish the security policy. The context information may include information related to the platform, such as information associated with the geolocation of the platform, the hardware of the platform, the software of the platform, the use of the platform, and so on, or combinations thereof. In addition, illustratedprocessing block46 provides for identifying user input to establish the security policy. The user input may be provided via any platform software interface, such as a browser setting, a real-time dialog, and so on, or combinations thereof. The user input may also be provided via any platform hardware interface, such as a touch screen, a mouse, a keyboard, a communication interface (e.g., via a WiFi network interface card).
• Illustratedprocessing block48 provides for applying the security policy based on the category, context information and the user input. In one example, the security policy may be established to allow and/or deny web content the access to one or more types of data based on one or more categories and further based on the context information and/or user input, which may be adaptively determined. In addition, the security policy may be applied to encrypt and/or decrypt the data, for example using a hardware assisted encryption algorithm. Additionally, the illustratedprocessing block50 provides for generating a report, which may identify the source of the web content, the context information, the user input, the policy, recommended actions, actions taken, and so on, or combinations thereof.
• FIG. 3 illustrates aprocessor core200 according to one embodiment. Theprocessor core200 may be the core for any type of processor, such as a micro-processor, an embedded processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a network processor, or other device to execute code. Although only oneprocessor core200 is illustrated inFIG. 3, a processing element may alternatively include more than one of theprocessor core200 illustrated inFIG. 3. Theprocessor core200 may be a single-threaded core or, for at least one embodiment, theprocessor core200 may be multithreaded in that it may include more than one hardware thread context (or “logical processor”) per core.
• FIG. 3 also illustrates amemory270 coupled to theprocessor200. Thememory270 may be any of a wide variety of memories (including various layers of memory hierarchy) as are known or otherwise available to those of skill in the art. Thememory270 may include one ormore code213 instruction(s) to be executed by theprocessor200 core, wherein thecode213 may implement the local data manager10 (FIG. 1), already discussed. Theprocessor core200 follows a program sequence of instructions indicated by thecode213. Each instruction may enter afront end portion210 and be processed by one or more decoders220. The decoder220 may generate as its output a micro operation such as a fixed width micro operation in a predefined format, or may generate other instructions, microinstructions, or control signals which reflect the original code instruction. The illustratedfront end210 also includesregister renaming logic225 andscheduling logic230, which generally allocate resources and queue the operation corresponding to the convert instruction for execution.
• Theprocessor200 is shown includingexecution logic250 having a set of execution units255-1 through255-N. Some embodiments may include a number of execution units dedicated to specific functions or sets of functions. Other embodiments may include only one execution unit or one execution unit that may perform a particular function. The illustratedexecution logic250 performs the operations specified by code instructions.
• After completion of execution of the operations specified by the code instructions,back end logic260 retires the instructions of thecode213. In one embodiment, theprocessor200 allows out of order execution but requires in order retirement of instructions.Retirement logic265 may take a variety of forms as known to those of skill in the art (e.g., re-order buffers or the like). In this manner, theprocessor core200 is transformed during execution of thecode213, at least in terms of the output generated by the decoder, the hardware registers and tables utilized by theregister renaming logic225, and any registers (not shown) modified by theexecution logic250.
• Although not illustrated inFIG. 3, a processing element may include other elements on chip with theprocessor core200. For example, a processing element may include memory control logic along with theprocessor core200. The processing element may include I/O control logic and/or may include I/O control logic integrated with memory control logic. The processing element may also include one or more caches.
• Referring now toFIG. 4, shown is a block diagram of asystem1000 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Shown inFIG. 4 is amultiprocessor system1000 that includes afirst processing element1070 and asecond processing element1080. While twoprocessing elements1070 and1080 are shown, it is to be understood that an embodiment ofsystem1000 may also include only one such processing element.
• System1000 is illustrated as a point-to-point interconnect system, wherein thefirst processing element1070 andsecond processing element1080 are coupled via a point-to-point interconnect1050. It should be understood that any or all of the interconnects illustrated inFIG. 4 may be implemented as a multi-drop bus rather than point-to-point interconnect.
• As shown inFIG. 4, each ofprocessing elements1070 and1080 may be multicore processors, including first and second processor cores (i.e.,processor cores1074aand1074bandprocessor cores1084aand1084b).Such cores1074a,1074b,1084a,1084bmay be configured to execute instruction code in a manner similar to that discussed above in connection withFIG. 3.
• Eachprocessing element1070,1080 may include at least one shared cache1896. The sharedcache1896a,1896bmay store data (e.g., instructions) that are utilized by one or more components of the processor, such as thecores1074a,1074band1084a,1084b,respectively. For example, the shared cache may locally cache data stored in amemory1032,1034 for faster access by components of the processor. In one or more embodiments, the shared cache may include one or more mid-level caches, such as level 2 (L2), level 3 (L3), level 4 (L4), or other levels of cache, a last level cache (LLC), and/or combinations thereof.
• While shown with only twoprocessing elements1070,1080, it is to be understood that the scope of the present invention is not so limited. In other embodiments, one or more additional processing elements may be present in a given processor. Alternatively, one or more ofprocessing elements1070,1080 may be an element other than a processor, such as an accelerator or a field programmable gate array. For example, additional processing element(s) may include additional processors(s) that are the same as afirst processor1070, additional processor(s) that are heterogeneous or asymmetric to processor afirst processor1070, accelerators (such as, e.g., graphics accelerators or digital signal processing (DSP) units), field programmable gate arrays, or any other processing element. There may be a variety of differences between theprocessing elements1070,1080 in terms of a spectrum of metrics of merit including architectural, micro architectural, thermal, power consumption characteristics, and the like. These differences may effectively manifest themselves as asymmetry and heterogeneity amongst theprocessing elements1070,1080. For at least one embodiment, thevarious processing elements1070,1080 may reside in the same die package.
• First processing element1070 may further include memory controller logic (MC)1072 and point-to-point (P-P) interfaces1076 and1078. Similarly,second processing element1080 may include aMC1082 andP-P interfaces1086 and1088. As shown inFIG. 4, MC's1072 and1082 couple the processors to respective memories, namely amemory1032 and amemory1034, which may be portions of main memory locally attached to the respective processors. While theMC logic1072 and1082 is illustrated as integrated into theprocessing elements1070,1080, for alternative embodiments the MC logic may be discrete logic outside theprocessing elements1070,1080 rather than integrated therein.
• Thefirst processing element1070 and thesecond processing element1080 may be coupled to an I/O subsystem1090 viaP-P interconnects1076,1086 and1084, respectively. As shown inFIG. 4, the I/O subsystem1090 includesP-P interfaces1094 and1098. Furthermore, I/O subsystem1090 includes aninterface1092 to couple I/O subsystem1090 with a highperformance graphics engine1038. In one embodiment,bus1049 may be used to couplegraphics engine1038 to I/O subsystem1090. Alternately, a point-to-point interconnect may couple these components.
• In turn, I/O subsystem1090 may be coupled to afirst bus1016 via aninterface1096. In one embodiment, thefirst bus1016 may be a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, or a bus such as a PCI Express bus or another third generation I/O interconnect bus, although the scope of the present invention is not so limited.
• As shown inFIG. 4, various I/O devices1014 may be coupled to thefirst bus1016, along with a bus bridge1018 which may couple thefirst bus1016 to asecond bus1020. In one embodiment, thesecond bus1020 may be a low pin count (LPC) bus. Various devices may be coupled to thesecond bus1020 including, for example, a keyboard/mouse1012, network controllers/communication device(s)1026 (which may in turn be in communication with a computer network), and adata storage unit1019 such as a disk drive or other mass storage device which may includecode1030, in one embodiment. In one example, web content is received via thecommunication devices1026. Thecode1030 may include instructions for performing embodiments of one or more of the methods described above. Thus, the illustratedcode1030 may implement the local data manager10 (FIG. 1) and may be similar to the code213 (FIG. 3), already discussed. Further, an audio I/O1024 may be coupled tosecond bus1020.
• Note that other embodiments are contemplated. For example, instead of the point-to-point architecture ofFIG. 4, a system may implement a multi-drop bus or another such communication topology. Also, the elements ofFIG. 4 may alternatively be partitioned using more or fewer integrated chips than shown inFIG. 4.
Additional Notes and Examples:
• Example 1 may include subject matter such as a security apparatus to perform a method of managing security in a web based environment, means for performing acts, or a machine readable medium including instructions that when performed by a machine causes the machine to perform acts related to managing security in a web based environment, where the apparatus comprises a browser interface to detect an attempt by web content to manipulate data in a local data store; a data management module to classify the data into a category if the data is remotely accessible; and a policy module to apply a security policy to the data based on the category.
• Example 2 includes the subject matter of Example 1 and further includes a separator to separate the data from other data in the local data store based on the category.
• Example 3 includes the subject matter of either Example 1 or Example 2 and further optionally is to select the category from a plurality of categories including one or more of privacy, cryptographic, organization confidentiality specification, and application specific.
• Example 4 includes the subject matter of any of Example 1 to Example 3 and further includes a context sensor interface to determine context information for the apparatus.
• Example 5 includes the subject matter of any of Example 1 to Example 4 and further optionally is to apply the security policy to the data further based on the context information.
• Example 6 includes the subject matter of any of Example 1 to Example 5 and further optionally is to receive user input and apply the security policy to the data further based on the user input.
• Example 7 includes the subject matter of any of Example 1 to Example 6 and further includes a hardware security element.
• Example 8 includes the subject matter of any of Example 1 to Example 7 and further optionally is to instruct a hardware security element to encrypt the data in the local data store.
• Example 9 includes the subject matter of any of Example 1 to Example 8 and further optionally includes generating a report that identifies the attempt, the category and the security policy.
• Example 10 includes the subject matter of any of Example 1 to Example 9 and further optionally includes monitoring a Hypertext Markup Language 5 (HTML5) web application to detect the attempt, and/or any other web content written in a runtime and/or JIT environment language, including and not limited to Java, JavaScript, C#, and so on, or combinations thereof.
• Example 11 includes the subject matter of any of Example 1 to Example 10 and further includes a local data store.
• Example 12 is a method of managing security in a web based environment, where the method comprises detecting an attempt by web content to manipulate data in a local data store; classifying the data into a category if the data is remotely accessible; and applying a security policy to the data based on the category.
• Example 13 includes the subject matter of Example 12 and further includes separating the data from other data in the local data store based on the category.
• Example 14 includes the subject matter of either Example 12 or Example 13 and further optionally includes selecting the category from a plurality of categories including one or more of privacy, cryptographic, organization confidentiality specification, and application specific.
• Example 15 includes the subject matter of any of Example 12 to Example 14 and further includes determining context information for a device containing the local data store.
• Example 16 includes the subject matter of any of Example 12 to Example 15 and further optionally includes applying the security policy to the data further based on the context information.
• Example 17 includes the subject matter of any of Example 12 to Example 16 and further optionally includes receiving user input and applying the security policy to the data further based on the user input.
• Example 18 includes the subject matter of any of Example 12 to Example 17 and further optionally incudes instructing a hardware security element to encrypt the data in the local data store.
• Example 19 includes the subject matter of any of Example 12 to Example 18 and further optionally incudes generating a report that identifies the attempt, the category and the security policy.
• Example 20 includes the subject matter of any of Example 12 to Example 19 and further optionally incudes monitoring a Hypertext Markup Language 5 (HTML5) web application to detect the attempt, and/or any other web content written in a runtime and/or JIT environment language, including and not limited to Java, JavaScript, C#, and so on, or combinations thereof.
• Example 21 is at least one machine-readable medium having instructions that when executed perform the method of any of Example 12 to Example 20.
• Example 22 is a system to perform a method of managing security in a web based environment, where the system comprises a local data store; and a local data manager.
• Example 23 includes the subject matter of Example 22 and further includes a browser interface to detect an attempt by web content to manipulate data in the local data store; a data management module to classify the data into a category if the data is remotely accessible; and a policy module to apply a security policy to the data based on the category.
• Example 24 includes the subject matter of either Example 22 or Example 23 and further includes a separator to separate the data from other data in the local data store based on the category.
• Example 25 includes the subject matter of any of Example 22 to Example 24 and further optionally is to select the category from a plurality of categories including one or more of privacy, cryptographic, organization confidentiality specification, and application specific.
• Example 26 includes the subject matter of any of Example 22 to Example 25 and further optionally includes a plurality of regions corresponding to the plurality of categories.
• Example 27 includes the subject matter of any of Example 22 to Example 26 and further includes a context sensor interface to determine context information for the system.
• Example 28 includes the subject matter of any of Example 22 to Example 27 and further optionally is to apply the security policy to the data further based on the context information.
• Example 29 includes the subject matter of any of Example 22 to Example 28 and further optionally is to receive user input and apply the security policy to the data further based on the user input.
• Example 30 includes the subject matter of any of Example 22 to Example 29 and further includes a hardware security element.
• Example 31 includes the subject matter of any of Example 22 to Example 30 and further optionally is to instruct a hardware security element to encrypt the data in the local data store.
• Example 32 includes the subject matter of any of Example 22 to Example 31 and further optionally includes generating a report that identifies the attempt, the category and the security policy.
• Example 33 includes the subject matter of any of Example 22 to Example 32 and further optionally includes to monitoring a Hypertext Markup Language 5 (HTML5) web application to detect the attempt, and/or any other web content written in a runtime and/or JIT environment language, including and not limited to Java, JavaScript, C#, and so on, or combinations thereof.
• Various embodiments may be implemented using hardware elements, software elements, or a combination of both. Examples of hardware elements may include processors, microprocessors, circuits, circuit elements (e.g., transistors, resistors, capacitors, inductors, and so forth), integrated circuits, application specific integrated circuits (ASIC), programmable logic devices (PLD), digital signal processors (DSP), field programmable gate array (FPGA), logic gates, registers, semiconductor device, chips, microchips, chip sets, and so forth. Examples of software may include software components, programs, applications, computer programs, application programs, system programs, machine programs, operating system software, middleware, firmware, software modules, routines, subroutines, functions, methods, procedures, software interfaces, application program interfaces (API), instruction sets, computing code, computer code, code segments, computer code segments, words, values, symbols, or any combination thereof. Determining whether an embodiment is implemented using hardware elements and/or software elements may vary in accordance with any number of factors, such as desired computational rate, power levels, heat tolerances, processing cycle budget, input data rates, output data rates, memory resources, data bus speeds and other design or performance constraints.
• One or more aspects of at least one embodiment may be implemented by representative instructions stored on a machine-readable medium which represents various logic within the processor, which when read by a machine causes the machine to fabricate logic to perform the techniques described herein. Such representations, known as “IP cores” may be stored on a tangible, machine readable medium and supplied to various customers or manufacturing facilities to load into the fabrication machines that actually make the logic or processor.
• Embodiments of the present invention are applicable for use with all types of semiconductor integrated circuit (“IC”) chips. Examples of these IC chips include but are not limited to processors, controllers, chipset components, programmable logic arrays (PLAs), memory chips, network chips, and the like. In addition, in some of the drawings, signal conductor lines are represented with lines. Some may be different, to indicate more constituent signal paths, have a number label, to indicate a number of constituent signal paths, and/or have arrows at one or more ends, to indicate primary information flow direction. This, however, should not be construed in a limiting manner. Rather, such added detail may be used in connection with one or more exemplary embodiments to facilitate easier understanding of a circuit. Any represented signal lines, whether or not having additional information, may actually comprise one or more signals that may travel in multiple directions and may be implemented with any suitable type of signal scheme, e.g., digital or analog lines implemented with differential pairs, optical fiber lines, and/or single-ended lines.
• Example sizes/models/values/ranges may have been given, although embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the same. As manufacturing techniques (e.g., photolithography) mature over time, it is expected that devices of smaller size may be manufactured. In addition, well known power/ground connections to IC chips and other components may or may not be shown within the figures, for simplicity of illustration and discussion, and so as not to obscure certain aspects of the embodiments of the invention. Further, arrangements may be shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring embodiments of the invention, and also in view of the fact that specifics with respect to implementation of such block diagram arrangements are highly dependent upon the platform within which the embodiment is to be implemented, i.e., such specifics should be well within purview of one skilled in the art. Where specific details (e.g., circuits) are set forth in order to describe example embodiments of the invention, it should be apparent to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without, or with variation of, these specific details. The description is thus to be regarded as illustrative instead of limiting.
• Some embodiments may be implemented, for example, using a machine or tangible computer-readable medium or article which may store an instruction or a set of instructions that, if executed by a machine, may cause the machine to perform a method and/or operations in accordance with the embodiments. Such a machine may include, for example, any suitable processing platform, computing platform, computing device, processing device, computing system, processing system, computer, processor, or the like, and may be implemented using any suitable combination of hardware and/or software. The machine-readable medium or article may include, for example, any suitable type of memory unit, memory device, memory article, memory medium, storage device, storage article, storage medium and/or storage unit, for example, memory, removable or non-removable media, erasable or non-erasable media, writeable or re-writeable media, digital or analog media, hard disk, floppy disk, Compact Disk Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), Compact Disk Recordable (CD-R), Compact Disk Rewriteable (CD-RW), optical disk, magnetic media, magneto-optical media, removable memory cards or disks, various types of Digital Versatile Disk (DVD), a tape, a cassette, or the like. The instructions may include any suitable type of code, such as source code, compiled code, interpreted code, executable code, static code, dynamic code, encrypted code, and the like, implemented using any suitable high-level, low-level, object-oriented, visual, compiled and/or interpreted programming language.
• Unless specifically stated otherwise, it may be appreciated that terms such as “processing,” “computing,” “calculating,” “determining,” or the like, refer to the action and/or processes of a computer or computing system, or similar electronic computing device, that manipulates and/or transforms data represented as physical quantities (e.g., electronic) within the computing system's registers and/or memories into other data similarly represented as physical quantities within the computing system's memories, registers or other such information storage, transmission or display devices. The embodiments are not limited in this context.
• The term “coupled” may be used herein to refer to any type of relationship, direct or indirect, between the components in question, and may apply to electrical, mechanical, fluid, optical, electromagnetic, electromechanical or other connections. In addition, the terms “first”, “second”, etc. may be used herein only to facilitate discussion, and carry no particular temporal or chronological significance unless otherwise indicated. Additionally, it is understood that the indefinite articles “a” or “an” carry the meaning of “one or more” or “at least one”.
• Those skilled in the art will appreciate from the foregoing description that the broad techniques of the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in a variety of forms. Therefore, while the embodiments of this invention have been described in connection with particular examples thereof, the true scope of the embodiments of the invention should not be so limited since other modifications will become apparent to the skilled practitioner upon a study of the drawings, specification, and following claims.

Claims (20)

We claim:

1. An apparatus comprising:

a browser interface to detect an attempt to access stored data in a local data store by web content received at a browser of the apparatus; and

a separator to:

separate remotely accessible web data from other web data stored in the local data store; and

separate the remotely accessible web data into a plurality of storage regions each associated with a respective category that labels the remotely accessible web data as being a particular type of remotely accessible data.

2. The apparatus ofclaim 1, wherein the remotely accessible web data is to be stored in a storage region associated with a privacy category when the remotely accessible web data is to be labeled as being privacy data, wherein the remotely accessible web data is to be stored in a storage region associated with a cryptographic category when the remotely accessible web data is to be labeled as being cryptographic data, and wherein the remotely accessible web data is to be stored in a storage region associated with an application specific category when the remotely accessible web data is to be labeled as being application specific data.

3. The apparatus ofclaim 1, wherein the remotely accessible web data is to be labeled as being privacy data when the remotely accessible web data is to include remotely accessible browsing history data or personal data, cryptographic data when the remotely accessible web data is to include username information, password information, or challenge information, and application specific data when the remotely accessible web data is to include webmail data, retail data, or auction data.

4. The apparatus ofclaim 1, further including policy logic to apply a security policy to permit access or to deny access to the remotely accessible web data based on the category.

5. The apparatus ofclaim 1, further including a context sensor interface to determine context information for the apparatus, wherein the context information is to include a geolocation of the apparatus when the attempt is made and a use of the apparatus when the attempt is made, and wherein a security policy is to be applied to permit access or to deny access to the remotely accessible web data based on the context information.

6. The apparatus ofclaim 1, wherein the browser interface is to receive user input including a user profile, and wherein a security policy is to be applied to permit access or to deny access to the remotely accessible web data based on the user input.

7. The apparatus ofclaim 1, further including a hardware security element to perform a hardware-assisted encryption process on the remotely accessible web data.

8. The apparatus ofclaim 1, wherein the browser interface is to monitor a Hypertext Markup Language 5 (HTML5) web application to detect the attempt in one or more of an HTML5 Web Storage of the apparatus or an HTML5 Application Cache of the apparatus.

9. A method comprising:

detecting an attempt to access stored data in a local data store by web content received at a browser of an apparatus;

separating remotely accessible web data from other web data stored in the local data store; and

separating the remotely accessible web data into a plurality of storage regions each associated with a respective category that labels the remotely accessible web data as being a particular type of remotely accessible data.

10. The method ofclaim 9, wherein the remotely accessible web data is stored in a storage region associated with a privacy category when the remotely accessible web data is labeled as being privacy data, wherein the remotely accessible web data is stored in a storage region associated with a cryptographic category when the remotely accessible web data is labeled as being cryptographic data, and wherein the remotely accessible web data is stored in a storage region associated with an application specific category when the remotely accessible web data is labeled as being application specific data.

11. The method ofclaim 9, wherein the remotely accessible web data is labeled as being privacy data when the remotely accessible web data includes remotely accessible browsing history data or personal data, cryptographic data when the remotely accessible web data includes username information, password information, or challenge information, and application specific data when the remotely accessible web data includes webmail data, retail data, or auction data.

12. The method ofclaim 9, further including applying a security policy to permit access or to deny access to the remotely accessible web data based on the category.

13. The method ofclaim 9, further including:

determining context information for the apparatus, wherein the context information includes a geolocation of the apparatus when the attempt is made and a use of the apparatus when the attempt is made, and wherein a security policy is applied to permit access or to deny access to the remotely accessible web data based on the context information;

receiving user input including a user profile, wherein the security policy is applied to permit access or to deny access to the remotely accessible web data based on the user input; and

generating a report that identifies the attempt, the remotely accessible web data, the category, and the security policy.

14. The method ofclaim 9, further including performing a hardware-assisted encryption process on the remotely accessible web data.

15. At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause a device to:

detect an attempt to access stored data in a local data store by web content received at a browser of an apparatus;

separate remotely accessible web data from other web data stored in the local data store; and

separate the remotely accessible web data into a plurality of storage regions each associated with a respective category that labels the remotely accessible web data as being a particular type of remotely accessible data.

16. The at least one computer readable storage medium ofclaim 15, wherein the remotely accessible web data is to be stored in a storage region associated with a privacy category when the remotely accessible web data is to be labeled as being privacy data, wherein the remotely accessible web data is to be stored in a storage region associated with a cryptographic category when the remotely accessible web data is to be labeled as being cryptographic data, and wherein the remotely accessible web data is to be stored in a storage region associated with an application specific category when the remotely accessible web data is to be labeled as being application specific data.

17. The at least one computer readable storage medium ofclaim 15, wherein the remotely accessible web data is to be labeled as being privacy data when the remotely accessible web data is to include remotely accessible browsing history data or personal data, cryptographic data when the remotely accessible web data is to include username information, password information, or challenge information, and application specific data when the remotely accessible web data is to include webmail data, retail data, or auction data.

18. The at least one computer readable storage medium ofclaim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the device to apply a security policy to permit access or to deny access to the remotely accessible web data based on the category.

19. The at least one computer readable storage medium ofclaim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the device to:

determine context information for the apparatus, wherein the context information is to include a geolocation of the apparatus when the attempt is made and a use of the apparatus when the attempt is made, and wherein a security policy is to be applied to permit access or to deny access to the remotely accessible web data based on the context information;

receive user input including a user profile, wherein the security policy is to be applied to permit access or to deny access to the remotely accessible web data based on the user input; and

generate a report that is to identify the attempt, the remotely accessible web data, the category, and the security policy.

20. The at least one computer readable storage medium ofclaim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the device to perform a hardware-assisted encryption process on the remotely accessible web data.

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