System and method for scaled management of threat data
US10462179B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 3, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2463/144
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, system, and computer-implemented method to manage threats to a network is provided. The method includes receiving volume threat data that indicates a volume of threat data that needs to be managed by a threat management system having a plurality of threat management devices, determining a volume range from a plurality of volume ranges to which the received volume threat data belongs, determining a number of threat management devices of the plurality of threat devices needed to manage threat traffic associated with the volume range determined, and determining whether the number of threat management devices needed is different than a number of threat management devices currently being used to manage threat traffic. The method further includes selecting automatically threat management devices of the plurality of threat management devices to manage received threat data, in response to a determination that the number is different and based on the number determined, assigning automatically, each packet of the threat traffic to a group, each group corresponding to a threat management device of the selected threat management devices, and directing automatically each packet of the…
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