Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for managing security-relevant information in a computer network
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Application No.: US16228681Application Date: 2018-12-20
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Publication No.: US11178181B2Publication Date: 2021-11-16
- Inventor: David Ott , Lei Xu , Dennis R. Moreau
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Loza & Loza, LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L12/26 ; G06N20/00 ; G06F9/455

Abstract:
System and method for managing security-relevant information in a computer network uses a security information plane (SIP) manager to which different types of security-relevant data are uploaded from components in the computer network and from which networkwide aggregated security information produced from the security-relevant data is download to a global security controller. The downloaded networkwide aggregated security information is used by the global security controller to control security applications running in the computer network.
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