Network context triggers for activating virtualized computer applications

US8127412B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Paul Harry Gleichauf · Los Altos, US
• Mark A. Bakke · Maple Grove, US
• Timothy J. Kuik · White Bear Lake, US
• David Thompson · San Jose, US
• Xiaoxue Ma · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2007
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 12, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/306
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer system, comprising at least one controlled execution space hosting an operating system and an application program; a vulnerability monitoring agent coupled to the controlled execution space; one or more vulnerability profiles coupled to the vulnerability monitoring agent, wherein each of the vulnerability profiles comprises an application program identifier, an operating system identifier, a vulnerability specification describing a vulnerability of an application program that the application program identifier indicates when executed with an operating system that the operating system identifier indicates, and a remedial action which when executed will remediate the vulnerability; wherein the vulnerability monitoring agent is configured to monitor execution of the operating system and the application program in the controlled execution space, to detect an anomaly associated with the vulnerability, to determine the remedial action for the operating system and application program based on one of the vulnerability profiles, and to cause the remedial action.