System and method for creating access control policies for individual users, user groups, network host or network host groups through network traffic analysis
US12309206B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 9, 2021 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for automatically creating access control policies for a network, including: (a) automatically identifying and recording user or host entities that attach to the network; (b) monitoring allowed network communications from the user or host entities; (c) correlating network address information from the allowed network communications with names of the user or host entities; and (d) proposing a respective access control policy for each of the user or host entities based on information gleaned during a learning process.
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