Bank of America Corporation

John H Kling

Brandon Sloane

Ward Green

Bryan Thompson

Rachel Yun Kim Bierner

Armen Moloian

Charles Edward Dudley

Ronald James Kuhlmeier

Regina Yee Cadavid

Mark Earl Brubaker

Paul Joseph Harding

Cora Yan Quon

Christopher Papernik

Nathaniel B Clark

Brian Russell Iverson

Radu Marian

Cynthia Ann Frick

Brian Diederich

Abdulkader Omar Barbir

Tracie Buffington Wescott

Michael Ogrinz

Michael Simon

Ronald Wayne Ritchey

John Brian Costello

Abbie Barbir

Paul E Foshee

Richard Gar Bentley

A system is provided for electronic data obfuscation and protection using independent destructible data objects. The system may split a set of data into a data portion and a key portion, where the data portion may be stored in a database separately from the key portion. The data portion may further comprise a set of executable code for a time or iteration based destructible data object, where the data object may incrementally decrease a countdown value based on the passage of time and/or iterations. If the countdown value reaches a threshold value without being refreshed, the data object may automatically execute one or more processes to protect the set of data. In this way, the system provides a secure way to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data.

System for electronic data obfuscation and protection using independent destructible data objects

An enterprise-wise means for determining monitoring requirements for technology resources, such as, software, hardware, firmware, network or the like and implementing the monitoring. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is implemented to determine monitoring requirements based on characteristics of the technology resource that is to be monitored. In this regard, the characteristics of the technology resource serve to define the problem(s), such as cyber threats and/or performance issues that the technology resource currently faces or will face in the future. By determining the monitoring requirements based on the technology resource's characteristics, including the technological environment, the invention serves to describe what needs to be monitored in terms of the problems that the technology resource currently faces or will face.

Intelligent monitoring and logging platform

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for monitoring a cybersecurity mesh network comprising a distributed sensor grid and a plurality of devices for detection of one or more security incidents. In response to determining that one of the one or more security incidents has occurred, and in response to receiving the request from an identified device that requires the first level of authentication, transmitting to the identified device a request for authentication credentials that meet a second level of authentication, wherein the second level of authentication is more strict than the first level of authentication.

Distributed sensor grid for intelligent proximity-based clustering and authentication

A device configured to receive a service request for modifying a user account. The device is further configured to add an entry in a service request log and in an event log in response to receiving the first service request. The device is further configured to apply the modifications instructions from the service request to a current status of the user account in a status log and to modify the current status of the user account in the status log. The device is further configured to determine a second data control device is associated with the user account. The device is further configured to determine the first set of service instructions based on the updated first current status of the user account, to generate a second service request that comprises the first set of service instructions, and to send the second service request to the second network device.

Information security using integrated data control ledgers

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for analyzing and correlating layered electronic data logs for monitored events on a network. The system is configured for identifying one or more entity resources associated with an entity, continuously monitoring the one or more entity resources, identifying at least a first event and a second event associated with at least one entity resource of the one or more entity resources, and performing a correlation analysis at the entity resource prior to transferring the data to a centralized data lake. In this way, the system streamlines the process for correlative analysis by performing resource heavy analysis at the edge of the network and later consolidating such data for further review.

Systems and methods providing streamlined data correlation in edge computing

A device configured to receive a service request for modifying a user account. The device is further configured to add an entry in a service request log and an event log in response to receiving the service request. The device is further configured to query a status log to determine a current status of the user account. The device is further configured to apply modification instructions from the service request to the current status of the user account to update the current status of the user account and to modify the current status of the user account in the status log. The device is further configured to identify a provisioning service device that is associated with the user account, to determine service instructions for the provisioning service device based on the updated current status of the user account, and to send the service instructions to the provisioning service device.

Information security using data control ledgers

A device configured to receive a first current status for a user account from a provisioning service device. The device is further configured to query a status log using to determine a second current status of the user account. The device is further configured to compare the first current status for the user account from the provisioning service device to the second current status of the user account in the status log, to determine the first current status for the user account does not match the second current status of the user account, and to update one of the status log and the provisioning service device in response to determining that the first current status for the user account does not match the second current status of the user account.

Error correction for data control ledgers

A device configured to receive a first current status for a user account from the provisioning service device. The device is further configured to send a query to a plurality of data control devices to determine a second current status for the user account from the status logs of the plurality of data control devices. The device is further configured to determine the first current status for the user account from the provisioning service device does not match a second current status of the user account from a status log of a first data control device from among the data control devices. The device is further configured to update one of the status log of the first data control device and the provisioning service device in response to determining that the first current status for the user account does not match the second current status of the user account.

Error correction for integrated data control ledgers

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for data characterization and tracking via cohesive information units. In particular, the system may be structured to define a cohesive information unit ('CIU') which may serve as the fundamental functional unit that serves as the basis for data electronically stored, transferred, modified, and/or copied within computing systems. Each CIU may be electronically associated with metadata which serves to identify the CIU as the CIU is stored and/or in motion. Rather than allowing applications and/or users to change the data within the CIU directly, the system may write subsequent CIU's to reflect proposed changes by the applications and/or users. In this way, the system provides a secure and reliable way to maintain authenticity of data within the entity system.

System for characterization and tracking of electronic data in a networked environment using cohesive information units

Systems and methods are provided for provisioning access rights to physical computing resources using an IAM system implementing an IAM data model. The IAM data model may identify logical and physical computing resources. An access request handler may receive an access request and identify a set of logical permissions based on the access request. The access request handler may derive a set of logical entitlements based on the set of logical permissions. An entitlement translator may translate the set of logical entitlements to a physical entitlement specification based on a set of physical permission specifications associated with the set of logical permissions. A physical permission specification may be obtained by mapping a logical permission to one or more physical permissions. An access control manager may then provision access rights to at least one physical computing resource indicated in the physical entitlement specification.

Access requests at IAM system implementing IAM data model

An access control system may include one or more computer processors; a memory, wherein the memory comprises an entitlement database of a resource access manager; a network communication device; and an access control module stored in the memory, executable by the one or more computer processors. The access control module may be configured to: perform the steps of: receiving a request to add one or more entitlement data records to a distributed electronic ledger; validating the one or more entitlement data records; appending the one or more entitlement data records to the distributed electronic ledger; and verifying a first entitlement data record stored in the entitlement database by comparing the first entitlement data record with a first corresponding entitlement data record stored in the distributed electronic ledger, wherein the first entitlement data record and first corresponding entitlement data record are both associated with a first user.

System for using a distributed ledger to manage user entitlements to computing resources

Systems and methods are provided for monitoring access of computing resources. Usage rules may be created and stored that define a usage constraint based on actions available to be performed at the computing resources. An authenticator may verify login credentials received from a user and authorize the user to access a computing resource. A request to perform an action at the computing resource may be received, and a usage monitor may apply a usage rule to the requested action. If the requested action violates the usage constraint of the usage rule, the usage monitor may halt performance of the requested action and notify another user of the usage constraint violation. The authenticator may receive and verify another set of login credentials from that other user. In response to successful verification of the additional set of login credentials, the usage monitor may resume performance of the requested action.

Authenticating users requesting access to computing resources

A vertically integrated access control system may store in a database data records corresponding to the interfaces, access control rules, and computing resources of an information system, as well as data records for entity capabilities. Data records for related interfaces, access control rules, computing resources, and entity capabilities may be linked. Using the database, the system may determine the entity capabilities that can be performed based on an existing user entitlement. If the entity capabilities include a flagged combination of entity capabilities, the system may perform an information security action to remediate the flagged combination. The system may use the database to form vertically integrated access units. The vertically integrated access units may be used to form user entitlements. The system may continuously monitor whether any proposed configurations would create a flagged combination of entity capabilities, and if so take an action to prevent such flagged combination.

Vertically integrated access control system for identifying and remediating flagged combinations of capabilities resulting from user entitlements to computing resources

The invention provides an interconnected graph database system, method and computer program product structured for identifying and remediating conflicts in resource deployment. In some embodiments, the present invention is configured to identify a source node of a plurality of first nodes of a first graph database system. The source node is typically associated with a first information technology operational activity. In addition, the present invention is configured for determining a lateral relationship between the source node of the first graph database system and a target node of a plurality of second nodes of a second graph database system. Moreover, the present invention is configured for determining that the lateral relationship between the source node and the target node comprises a conflict, and in response, blocking initiation of the first information technology operational activity.

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Bellvue, KY, United States of America

John H Kling