Discovery and classification of enterprise assets via host characteristics
US9830458B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 25, 2014 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/034
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are presented herein for classifying a variety of enterprise computing resources based on asset characteristics. In particular, a computing asset, e.g., a server, may be classified based on any digital certificates provisioned on that server. That is, the properties of a digital certificate may be used to determine a measure of business value or importance of a server (or data hosted on that server). Once the computing asset has been classified, a monitoring system may use the assigned classifications to prioritize security incidents for review.
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