Systems for network risk assessment including processing of user access rights associated with a network of devices
US9100430B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/67
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for network risk assessment. One of the methods includes accessing information describing network traffic between network devices. A network topology of the network is determined based on the information describing network traffic, where the network topology includes nodes connected by an edge to one or more other nodes, and each node is associated with a network device and each edge represents two nodes that can communicate with each other. User account access information indicating access rights and/or access records may be overlaid on the network topology and the system can provide various visualizations of the network topology to illustrate security risks associated with specific user accounts or nodes, identify compromise values/likelihoods/risks of particular user accounts and/or network accounts, and identify network segmentation issues, among others.
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