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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Ott, Chandler, AZ (US);
Lei Xu, College Station, TX (US);
Dennis R. Moreau, San Carlos, CA (US);
Assignee:
VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 43/045 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
Abstract
System and method for managing security-relevant information in a computer network uses a security information plane (SIP) manager to which different types of security-relevant data are uploaded from components in the computer network and from which networkwide aggregated security information produced from the security-relevant data is download to a global security controller. The downloaded networkwide aggregated security information is used by the global security controller to control security applications running in the computer network.