Systems and methods for tracking, predicting, and mitigating advanced persistent threats in networks

US12299690B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ciena Corporation · US

Inventors

• Sachin Subhedar · Alpharetta, US
• Roger Michael Elbaz · Alpharetta, US
• Aung Htay · Alpharetta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 27, 2019
• Grant date: May 13, 2025
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L47/2483
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for tracking, predicting, and mitigating Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks in a network include obtaining data related to events and triggers for one or more attacks, wherein the data includes a plurality of i) virtual currency transactions, ii) network traffic flow, and iii) sentiment on any of social media, blogs, and news feeds; correlating the data with one or more subscribed entities; determining a threat index for an attack on a specific subscribed entity of the one or more subscribed entities through analysis of the correlated data, wherein the threat index provides a probability of the attack on the specific subscribed entity; and notifying the specific subscribed entity of a likelihood of the attack based on the threat index.