SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE ACCESS WITH HEARTBEAT MONITORING TO NATIVE CLOUD SERVICES TO COMPUTERS OUTSIDE THE CLOUD

Certain example embodiments relate to systems and techniques for a client device outside of a cloud infrastructure to securely access services in the cloud infrastructure by relying on one or more keys that are validated by the cloud infrastructure based on a heartbeat message received from the client device. The heartbeat message may be secured by a certificate generated for the client device.