Method and system of attack surface detection
US9246934B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/1433
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention comprises a method of using sensor agents to collect information in a central location to determine the entire attack surface of all certificate based resources, which includes vulnerable, insecure, or unknown resources but also includes where all the secure resources are located and the attack surface for each certificate resource. If a vulnerable resource is detected, the system may initiated additional sensor agents to determine the threat caused by the vulnerability. The system can also assign a rating to the overall security of the network based on vulnerabilities and display the attack surface as a topographic format for easy review by administrators.
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