Hierarchical architecture in a network security system
US8015604B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 10, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network security system having a hierarchical configuration is provided. In one embodiment the present invention includes a plurality of subsystems, where each subsystem includes a plurality of distributed software agents configured to collect security events from monitor devices, and a local manager module coupled to the plurality of distributed software agents to generate correlated events by correlating the security events. Each of the subsystems can report the correlated events to a global manager module coupled to the plurality of subsystems, and the global manager module can correlate the correlated events from each manager module.
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