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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/104 (2013.01);
Abstract
There are disclosed herein a technique for use in security. In at least one embodiment, the technique comprises receiving information relating to users and performing an affinity propagation clustering operation in connection with the information to identify a cluster of similar users. Further, the technique determines a risk in connection with a user in the cluster by comparing the user to one or more other users in the cluster. Still further, based on the risk in connection with the user, the technique controls access by the user to a computerized resource.