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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2005
Daniel Sheleheda, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Michael Singer, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Daniel Sheleheda, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Michael Singer, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting an anomalous activity in a communications network is described. In one example, short-term event data is received from a plurality of servers. An event detection rule is then executed to process the short-term event data over a predefined time period. Afterwards, at least one alarm message is generated in response to detecting the anomalous activity in accordance with at least one predefined long-term security data mining program. In response, the at least one alarm message is provided to at least one of the plurality of servers.