Patent attributes
An exemplary access control system controls access to a computing system such as a data storage system. For example, the exemplary access control system includes a cloud storage platform that authorizes a user to access the cloud storage platform. After access to the cloud storage platform is authorized, the cloud storage platform receives, from the user, a request to access, through the cloud storage platform, an application executing on a remote storage device. The cloud storage platform obtains an access token in response to receiving the request from the user. The cloud storage platform transmits the access token to the storage device for use by the storage device to validate the user and grant the user access, through the cloud storage platform, to the application executing on the storage device.
