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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 26, 2017
Applicant:

Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

M. Shannon Lietz, San Marcos, CA (US);

Luis Felipe Cabrera, Bellevue, WA (US);

Thomas Bishop, San Diego, CA (US);

Brett Weaver, San Diego, CA (US);

Capen Brinkley, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/606 (2013.01); H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for protecting and repairing a current virtual asset from damage by potential security threats, according to one embodiment. The method and system include monitoring a current a current virtual asset for potential security threats, with a virtual asset agent, according to one embodiment. The method and system include determining a severity of the potential security threats that are identified by the virtual asset agent, according to one embodiment. The method and system include creating a new virtual asset with the virtual asset agent and decommissioning the current virtual asset, according to one embodiment. The system and method receiving, with the new virtual asset, secrets that are associated with the current virtual asset to enable the new virtual asset to continue operations of the current virtual asset, according to one embodiment.


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