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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2007
James S. Magdych, Chino, CA (US);
Tarik Rahmanovic, Germantown, MD (US);
John R. Mcdonald, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Brock E. Tellier, Stamford, CT (US);
James S. Magdych, Chino, CA (US);
Tarik Rahmanovic, Germantown, MD (US);
John R. McDonald, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Brock E. Tellier, Stamford, CT (US);
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and associated method/computer program product are provided including an intrusion detection tool for determining whether network communications violate at least one of a plurality of policies. Such policies are defined to detect potential attacks in the network communications. Further included is a vulnerability assessment scanning tool coupled to the intrusion detection tool. The vulnerability assessment scanning tool is adapted for performing a vulnerability assessment scan for identifying vulnerabilities.