Provenance audit trails for microservices architectures
US12063280B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 25, 2023 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 25, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/34
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus to facilitate provenance audit trails for microservices architectures is disclosed. The apparatus includes one or more processors to obtain provenance metadata for a microservice from a local blockchain of provenance metadata maintained for the hardware resource executing a task performed by the microservice, the provenance metadata comprising identification of the microservice, operating state of at least one of a hardware resource or a software resource used to execute the microservice and the task, and an operating state of a sidecar of the microservice during the task; access one or more policies established for the microservice; analyze the provenance metadata with respect to the one or more policies to identify if there is a violation of the one or more policies; and generate one or more evaluation metrics based on whether the violation of the one or more policies is identified.
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