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System and method for adaptive graphical depiction and selective remediation of cybersecurity threats

US11201890B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 2019
Grant dateDec 14, 2021
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Expiry dateJun 11, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/1416
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for performing cyber-security analysis includes generating a semantic graph in which each object is represented as a node, and each event associated with an object is represented as an edge. A cyber-threat related alert, with an associated alert type, is received from a source. A first object from the plurality of objects is modified based on the alert. A plurality of threat scores, each associated with an object, are calculated, substantially concurrently, based on the alert type. Subsequently, a plurality of modified threat scores are determined for each object, based on: (1) the threat score for that object, (2) a connectivity of that object to each of the remaining objects within the semantic graph; and (3) the threat score for each remaining object from the plurality of objects. A subgraph of the semantic graph is identified based on normalized versions of the modified threat scores.

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