1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: obtaining an interest, by a computing device from a requesting entity, wherein the interest includes a location-independent structured name associated with a request for data; obtaining the data associated with the location-independent structured name; obtaining a policy associated with the data; determining a context for the interest; and responsive to determining that the requesting entity is within a protected space, as determined based on the policy and the context, forwarding the data to the requesting entity.