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Dynamic routing of files to a malware analysis system

US10795998B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Aaron T. Woland · Waxhaw, US
Vivek Santuka · Morrisville, US
Moses Hernandez · Boca Raton, US
Steven H. Chimes · Pittsburgh, US
Andrew E. Ossipov · Richardson, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/56
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for selecting either a first malware analysis system or a second malware analysis system to analyze a file is disclosed. The method includes obtaining, at a network security element, a file sent between a first device and a second device, the file having one or more associated attributes; analyzing, at the network security element, the one or more attributes of the file; selecting, based on the analyzing, either the first malware analysis system or the second malware analysis system as a selected malware analysis system for malware analysis of the file; and providing the file to the selected malware analysis system.

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