Quick Heal Technologies has been granted a new patent for a zero-trust network access control system that evaluates requests at multiple layers of the networking stack. The company says the invention strengthens its cybersecurity portfolio and brings its total patent count to 8 across key markets.
What The Patent Covers
The patent is titled “Controlling access to resources based on policies at different layers of a networking model,” and it has been issued by the Indian Intellectual Property Office as IN590849 B1; the same invention is also patented in the U.S. as US Patent No. 12095730. It is designed to control access to digital resources by applying application-layer policies first and then enforcing additional network and transport-layer checks.
That layered approach is meant to make access control more granular and context-aware. Quick Heal says the system works through an intelligent gateway that identifies the relevant resource, evaluates policies in sequence, and then decides whether to allow or block access.
Why It Matters
The company says the technology is aimed at cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments where enterprises manage sensitive applications and data across distributed systems. It is built to support zero-trust security, where every request must be explicitly checked before access is granted.
Quick Heal also says the design can reduce latency by separating policy evaluation across layers and using in-memory redirection between processing stages. That makes it suitable for larger environments where performance and policy precision both matter.
Security Features
The patent description highlights several capabilities, including multi-layer policy evaluation, flexible deployment models and advanced security services. These include application service chaining, multi-layer load balancing and honeypot redirection, which can help organizations combine intrusion prevention, data loss prevention and deception tools into one framework.
Dr. Sanjay Katkar, Joint Managing Director at Quick Heal, said the patent advances the company’s zero-trust architecture by helping policies understand who is accessing what, and how that access is happening across layers. He added that this strengthens the enterprise security portfolio while simplifying policy management.
