Information technology and security application automation architecture

    公开(公告)号:US11714683B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-01

    申请号:US17163320

    申请日:2021-01-29

    Applicant: Splunk Inc.

    Abstract: A playbook execution architecture used to efficiently execute playbooks by distributing the execution of playbook function blocks to multiple independent “worker” sub-processes is described. Each worker process hosts an independent execution environment used to execute playbook function blocks independently from other worker processes, where each worker process can host an execution environment that is the same as or different from execution environments hosted by other work processes, enabling the playbook execution engine to support function blocks written in multiple different programming language versions or programming languages entirely. The described playbook execution architecture enables an IT and security operations application to vertically scale the computing resources used to execute playbooks, provides users with more control over an amount of computing resources devoted to the execution of playbooks, and enables more expressiveness in the types of actions and efficiency of playbooks by providing support for multiple programming languages and programming language versions.

    Simulating multiple paths of a course of action executed in an information technology environment

    公开(公告)号:US11240120B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-01

    申请号:US17222785

    申请日:2021-04-05

    Applicant: Splunk Inc.

    Abstract: Described herein are improvements for generating courses of action for an information technology (IT) environment. In one example, a method includes identifying a first course of action for responding to an incident type in an information technology environment and generating a simulated incident associated with the incident type. The method further includes initiating performance of the first course of action based on the generation of the simulated incident. The method also includes, upon reaching a particular step of the first course of action that prevents the performance of the first course of action from proceeding, providing a first simulated result that allows the performance of the first course of action to proceed.

    SIMULATING MULTIPLE PATHS OF A COURSE OF ACTION EXECUTED IN AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210226852A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-22

    申请号:US17222785

    申请日:2021-04-05

    Applicant: Splunk Inc.

    Abstract: Described herein are improvements for generating courses of action for an information technology (IT) environment. In one example, a method includes identifying a first course of action for responding to an incident type in an information technology environment and generating a simulated incident associated with the incident type. The method further includes initiating performance of the first course of action based on the generation of the simulated incident. The method also includes, upon reaching a particular step of the first course of action that prevents the performance of the first course of action from proceeding, providing a first simulated result that allows the performance of the first course of action to proceed.

    Simulated incident response using simulated result when actual result is unavailable

    公开(公告)号:US10985994B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-20

    申请号:US16051378

    申请日:2018-07-31

    Applicant: Splunk Inc.

    Abstract: Described herein are improvements for generating courses of action for an information technology (IT) environment. In one example, a method includes identifying a first course of action for responding to an incident type in an information technology environment and generating a simulated incident associated with the incident type. The method further includes initiating performance of the first course of action based on the generation of the simulated incident. The method also includes, upon reaching a particular step of the first course of action that prevents the performance of the first course of action from proceeding, providing a first simulated result that allows the performance of the first course of action to proceed.

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