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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2016
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Partha Bhattacharya, Cupertino, CA (US);
Santosh Rao, Fremont, CA (US);
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Network identity to User Identity and location mapping information can be found in various logs (such as Active Directory logs, DHCP logs, VPN logs, and WLAN authentication logs) and certain files such as router Layer 2 or 3 forwarding tables. For a large organization, this mapping can be dynamic. Accurate user identity and location information is crucial to assessing the security risk associated with a host and take corrective action. This invention discloses a distributed in-memory user database update methodology for keeping track of large scale dynamically updating network to user identity mappings. The technique is further configurable for specific users, specific devices or for specific attributes in the metadata.