Targeted security monitoring using semantic behavioral change analysis
US10769250B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 8, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/033
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for targeted security monitoring using semantic behavioral change analysis are described. A mutation monitor can use a code repository to generate a build of a software project prior to a code commit and another build after the code commit. An instruction-difference between the builds can be generated and used to perform a change impact analysis to identify control-flow and data dependencies changed as a result of the code commit. A semantic difference can be generated by annotating a syntactic difference for the code commit based on the identified control-flow and data dependency changes to allow for the behavioral changes to be easily shown to a user. Security impact analysis can be performed on parts of the software impacted by the code commit to quickly determine the security impacts introduced by the code commit.
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