Forcepoint LLC

Forcepoint Federal Holdings LLC

Everfox Holdings LLC

Margaret Cunningham

Clifford Charles Wright

Raffael Marty

Alan Ross

Peter Lochlan Stewart

Nicolas Christian Fischbach

Ruchika Pandey

Dalwinderjeet Kular Grewal

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing entity interaction risk analysis operation. The entity interaction risk analysis operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; identifying an interaction between the entity and another entity based upon the monitoring; analyzing the interaction between the entity and the another entity; classifying the interaction between the entity and the another entity; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the interaction and the classifying the interaction.

Security analytics system for performing an interaction classification operation

A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being of analytic utility; accessing an entity behavior profile based upon the security related activity, the entity behavior profile comprising a collection of information uniquely describing an identity and behavior of the entity; identifying a risk associated with the entity using a human-centric risk modeling framework, the human-centric risk modeling framework enabling quantification of a human-centric factor associated with the entity, the human-centric factor comprising a motivation factor, a stressor factor and an organizational dynamics stressor factor, the human-centric factor having an associated effect on the entity, the motivation factor representing a motivation for enacting an entity behavior, the stressor factor representing an issue influencing the user entity behavior, the organizational stressor factor representing an event occurring within an organization affecting the entity behavior; and, performing a security operation based upon the risk associated with the entity, the security operation using the human-centric risk modeling framework and the entity behavior profile, the security operation being performed by at least one of an endpoint device and a security analytics system, the endpoint device executing the security operation on a hardware processor associated with the endpoint device, the security analytics system executing the security operation on a hardware processor associated with the security analytics system.

Using an entity behavior profile when performing human-centric risk modeling operations

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing entity interaction risk analysis operation. The entity interaction risk analysis operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; identifying an interaction between the entity and another entity based upon the monitoring; analyzing the interaction between the entity and the another entity; determining whether the interaction between the entity and the another entity is non-sanctioned; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the interaction and the determining whether the interaction is non-sanctioned.

Security analytics system for performing a non-sanctioned entity interaction analysis operation when determining entity risk

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing entity interaction risk analysis operation. The entity interaction risk analysis operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; identifying an interaction between the entity and another entity based upon the monitoring; analyzing the interaction between the entity and the another entity; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the interaction.

Security analytics system for performing a risk analysis operation taking into account social behavior peer grouping

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using a security risk persona; associating the security risk persona with a phase of a cyber kill chain; and, performing a security operation on the security related activity via a security system, the security operation disrupting performance of the phase of the cyber kill chain.

Associating a security risk persona with a phase of a cyber kill chain

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source; the security related activity comprising a concerning behavior, the security related activity being enacted during an activity session; associating the security related activity enacted during an activity session with a security risk persona; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using the security risk persona; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity.

Correlating concerning behavior during an activity session with a security risk persona

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity of the entity, the security related activity being of analytic utility; accessing an entity behavior catalog based upon the security related activity, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors; and performing a security operation via a human-centric risk modeling framework, the security operation using entity behavior catalog data stored within the entity behavior catalog based upon the security related activity.

Using an entity behavior catalog when performing human-centric risk modeling operations

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source, the security related activity comprising a concerning behavior; generating a contextual modifier relating to the security related activity; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity being based upon the contextual modifier; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity.

Using a behavior-based modifier when generating a user entity risk score

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using a security risk persona; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity.

Generating a security risk persona using stressor data

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing an entity behavior cataloging operation. The entity behavior cataloging operation includes: identifying a plurality of security related activities, the plurality of security related activities being based upon observables from an electronic data source; analyzing the plurality of security related activities, the analyzing identifying a set of entity behaviors associated with the plurality of security related activities; and, performing a security operation via a security system, the security operation accessing entity behavior catalog data stored within an entity behavior catalog based upon the set of entity behaviors associated with the plurality of security related activities, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors for use when performing the security operation.

Representing sets of behaviors within an entity behavior catalog

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security risk modeling operation. The security risk modeling operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using a human-centric risk modeling framework; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity.

Human-centric risk modeling framework

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity of the entity, the security related activity being based upon the observable derived from the electronic data source, the security related activity being of analytic utility; associating the security related activity with a phase of a cyber kill chain; and, performing a security operation on the security related activity via a security system, the security operation disrupting performance of the phase of the cyber kill chain.

Anticipating future behavior using kill chains

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity of the entity, the security related activity being based upon the observable derived from the electronic data source, the security related activity being of analytic utility; associating the security related activity with a component of a cyber kill chain; and, performing a security operation on the security related activity via a security system, the security operation disrupting performance of the component of the cyber kill chain by affecting performance of the security related activity by the entity.

Disrupting a cyber kill chain when performing security operations

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing an entity behavior cataloging operation. The entity behavior cataloging operation includes: identifying a plurality of security related activities, the plurality of security related activities being based upon an observable from an electronic data source; analyzing the plurality of security related activities, the analyzing identifying a plurality of events of analytic utility associated with the plurality of security related activities; generating a set of entity behavior catalog data based upon the event of analytic utility associated with the security related activity, the set of entity behavior catalog data comprising an associated group of behaviors; and, storing the set of entity behavior data and the associated group of behaviors within an entity behavior catalog, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors for use when performing a security operation.

Defining groups of behaviors for storage within an entity behavior catalog

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source, the security related activity comprising a concerning behavior, the concerning behavior comprising a security related activity of analytic utility; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity being based upon the concerning behavior; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity.

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Margaret Cunningham