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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2019
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Ott, Chandler, AZ (US);
Lei Xu, College Station, TX (US);
Ruimin Sun, Gainesville, FL (US);
Vijay Ganti, Fremont, CA (US);
Dennis R. Moreau, San Carlos, CA (US);
VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and system for protecting a host computer in a computer network from security threats uses local security-relevant data for the host computer, as well as global security-relevant data for other components in the computer network downloaded from a security information plane system to the host computer, to determine a security threat to the host computer. When a security threat is determined to be a legitimate threat, a security alert is issued, and then an action is initiated in response to the security alert.