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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2005
Krishnam Raju Datla, Union City, CA (US);
Srinivasa Beereddy, Fremont, CA (US);
Prasanthi Somepalli, San Jose, CA (US);
Parthasarathy Venkatavaradhan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Krishnam Raju Datla, Union City, CA (US);
Srinivasa Beereddy, Fremont, CA (US);
Prasanthi Somepalli, San Jose, CA (US);
Parthasarathy Venkatavaradhan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Information flow between network elements in a network enables a management system to capture a security knowledge base and to perform a static analysis of the network. In one embodiment, a method for performing a network security audit based on information flows among network elements comprises the machine-implemented steps of obtaining a network inventory that identifies one or more network elements of a packet-switched network; determining how information packets flow through the one or more network elements; determining a first threat level for each of the one or more network elements; determining a second threat level for the network as a whole; and providing a report of a network security audit based on the first and second threat levels.