Suspending communication to/from non-compliant servers through a firewall
US11165827B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 2018 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/105
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Suspending communication to/from non-compliant servers through a firewall includes establishing a secure collection of compliance rules for security compliance, ascertaining, for each server of server(s) of an environment, respective software package(s) installed on the server, building a secure server and acceptable risk listing that indicates each of the server(s) and the software package(s) installed on each server, assigning and securely storing risk ratings for the server(s), comparing the assigned risk rating for a second server to an acceptable risk level indicated for a first server, and based on determining that the assigned risk rating for the second server exceeds the acceptable risk level, performing a rules modification to the firewall to enforce the compliance rules. The rules modification disables communication between the first server and the second server through the firewall.
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