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Anomaly-based mitigation of access request risk

US12381876B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 22, 2021
Grant dateAug 5, 2025
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/1425
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Access to secured items in a computing system is requested instead of being persistent. Access requests may be granted on a just-in-time basis. Anomalous access requests are detected using machine learning models based on historic patterns. Models utilizing conditional probability or collaborative filtering also facilitate the creation of human-understandable explanations of threat assessments. Individual machine learning models are based on historic data of users, peers, cohorts, services, or resources. Models may be weighted, and then aggregated in a subsystem to produce an access request risk score. Scoring principles and conditions utilized in the scoring subsystem may include probabilities, distribution entropies, and data item counts. A feedback loop allows incremental refinement of the subsystem. Anomalous requests that would be automatically approved under a policy may instead face human review, and low threat requests that would have been delayed by human review may instead be approved automatically.

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