Methods, systems, and computer program products for protecting a communication network against internet enabled cyber attacks through use of screen replication from controlled internet access points

摘要

A method includes receiving from a client device at a client interface application a request to access an application, determining whether the application is external to a communication network, redirecting the request to an external communication server when the application is external to the communication network, sending the request from the external communication server to the application that is external to the communication network, receiving information from the application that is external to the communication network at the external communication server responsive to sending the request, and replicating a screen of the external communication server containing the information received from the application for display at the client interface application.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving an electronic request sent from a network address associated with a client device executing a client interface application requesting to access an application, the client interface application being accessible to the client device; determining whether the application is external to a private enterprise communication network; redirecting the electronic request to an external communication server operating in the private enterprise communication network in response to a determination that the application is external to the private enterprise communication network; sending the electronic request from the external communication server to an external address in a public network that is associated with the application that is external to the private enterprise communication network; receiving, at the external communications server operating in the private enterprise communication network, webpage information sent from the external address in the public network that is associated with the application that is external to the private enterprise communication network responsive to sending the electronic request; executing, by the external communications server operating in the private enterprise communication network, a screen replication protocol that only generates an electronic screen shot of the webpage information sent from the external address in the public network; confining, to the external communications server malware in the webpage information sent from the external address in the public network in response to generation of the electronic screen shot; and sending, from the external communications server, the electronic screen shot to the network address in the private enterprise communication network that is associated with the client device; wherein the electronic screen shot protects the private enterprise communication network from the malware confined to the external communications server.