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Patent No.:

US 12744802 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026

Filed:

May. 26, 2023

Detecting shadow information technology (it) using network activity logs

Applicant:

Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Weifei Zeng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Divyang J. Soni, Marysville, WA (US);

Harish Kumar Bharat Singh, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Theron Tock, Mountain View, CA (US);

Ying Xie, Cupertino, CA (US);

Vikram Kapoor, Cupertino, CA (US);

Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Los Altos, CA (US);

Yijou Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

FORTINET, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

Jaffery Watson Hamilton & DeSanctis LLP

Primary Examiner:

Mahfuzur Rahman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 16/9038 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 43/045 (2022.01); H04L 43/06 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); G06F 9/455 (2013.01); G06F 9/545 (2013.01); G06F 16/9024 (2019.01); G06F 16/9038 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 43/045 (2013.01); H04L 43/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); G06F 16/2456 (2019.01);
Abstract

Detecting shadow information technology (IT) using network activity logs, including: gathering, from a client device, first information describing network activity by the client device and second information describing application activity by the client device; identifying, based on the first information and the second information, user-initiated network activity; and identifying, from the user-initiated network activity, shadow information technology (IT) activity comprising access of an unauthorized software-as-a-service (SaaS) application.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Zeng, Weifei. (2026). Detecting shadow information technology (it) using network activity logs (U.S. Patent No. 12744802). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12744802

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