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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:
May. 14, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 19, 2021
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jacob Thomas Covell, New York, NY (US);

Thomas Jefferson Sandridge, Tampa, FL (US);

Alvin Zhang, Somerville, MA (US);

Robert Huntington Grant, Marietta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/0815 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide computer-implemented methods, computer program products and computer systems. Embodiments of the present invention can monitor user activity for one or more user interactions performed while connected to a Virtual Private Network. Embodiments of the present invention can then identify potential risks associated with a user and respective user interactions. Embodiments of the present invention can then, in response to determining a respective user interaction of the one or more interactions is suspicious, generate a real time risk score for the respective user interaction. Embodiments of the present invention can then, in response to the generate real time risk score exceeding a threshold level of risk for the respective user interaction, initiate a secondary authentication protocol.


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