SATELITE SERVICE FOR MACHINE AUTHENTICATION IN HYBRID ENVIRONMENTS

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for access control. Embodiments include receiving, by a satellite component of an access control system, a request from a computing device to verify an identity of the computing device, wherein the request comprises one or more characteristics of the computing device. Embodiments include verifying, by the satellite component, that the one or more characteristics of the computing device are valid, the verifying comprising one or more interactions with a management entity related to the computing device. Embodiments include generating, by the satellite component, a signed document that is trusted by a control component of the access control system. Embodiments include providing, by the satellite component, the signed document to the computing device for use in requesting credentials from the control component to access a secure resource.