Traffic-based detection of a security threat to a storage system
US11341236B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2020 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/84
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An illustrative method includes a data protection system determining that a total amount of read traffic and write traffic processed by a storage system during a time period exceeds a threshold, the read traffic representing data read from the storage system during the time period and the write traffic representing data written to the storage system during the time period, determining that the write traffic is less compressible than the read traffic, and determining, based on the total amount of read traffic and write traffic exceeding the threshold and on the write traffic being less compressible than the read traffic, that the storage system is possibly being targeted by a security threat.
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