Systems and methods for internet-wide monitoring and protection of user credentials
US12375486B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 15, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2463/082
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Among other things, this document describes systems, methods, and apparatus for monitoring and protecting a user credential issued by an organization when that credential is used outside that organization's network security perimeter. For example, a reverse proxy server (RPS) receives a client request directed to a content provider's site. The RPS initiates a process that involves parsing the request message and extracting a user credential. The RPS locates a credential policy from the credential owner based on the user credential. The RPS can issue an API request to a credential service that is authoritative for the credential. That credential service may return a directive to the RPS specifying how to handle the client request message. Preferably, the operation is transparent to the content provider whose site was the target of the client's request message. Activity records can be presented in visualizations that enhance security analysts' tactical comprehension at a glance.
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