System and method for applying a machine-processable policy rule to information gathered about a network
US7536456B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 2004 |
| Grant date | May 19, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/045
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A prevention-based network auditing system includes a central compliance server storing both natural language policy documents and machine-processable policy rules in an audit repository. The compliance server provides a client-side user interface allowing a user to easily generate a machine-auditable policy by selecting/generating a natural language policy source document, and linking the applicable machine-processable policy rules to the applicable portions of the source document. The selected machine-processable policy rules are then applied to information gathered about the network during a scheduled network audit session for efficiently and systematically determining whether policy violations and/or vulnerabilities exist.
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