Synthetic data for determining health of a network security system

US10693749B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Rohit Chandra Prasad · Sunnyvale, US
• Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan · Mountain View, US
• Hoang Viet Nguyen · Pleasanton, US
• Vimalkumar Jeyakumar · Los Altos, US
• Roberto Fernando Spadaro · Milpitas, US
• Varun Sagar Malhotra · Sunnyvale, US
• Navindra Yadav · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/535
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An example method can include choosing a pattern or patterns of network traffic. This pattern can be representative of a certain type of traffic such as an attack. The pattern can be associated with various components of a network and can describe expected behavior of these various components. A system performing this method can then choose a nodes or nodes to generate traffic according to the pattern and send an instruction accordingly. After this synthetic traffic is generated, the system can compare the behavior of the components with the expected behavior. An alert can then be created to notify an administrator or otherwise remedy any problems.