Method and system for security maintenance in a network
US8112521B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 25, 2010 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/1433
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for monitoring a network and detecting network vulnerabilities is provided. A communication associated with one or more programs is issued to one or more devices in a network and the response from the devices is detected and analyzed. Based on the analysis, a device response is identified as a threat response if it represents at least an alert, an unexpected response or a response time-out indicating that the device did not response to the communication. The vulnerability of the network is determined based on the threat responses of the devices.
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