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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2007
Hanna Yehuda, Newton, MA (US);
Amanuel Ronen Artzi, Framingham, MA (US);
Ju-lien Lim, Reading, MA (US);
Eran Dvir, Tel Aviv, IL;
Hanna Yehuda, Newton, MA (US);
Amanuel Ronen Artzi, Framingham, MA (US);
Ju-Lien Lim, Reading, MA (US);
Eran Dvir, Tel Aviv, IL;
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
In a large network, it can be difficult to pinpoint and track down the causes of breaches of established policies. A policy compliance server allows traversal of notifications according to breaches, organizes the breaches (vulnerabilities and violation) according to severity and recurrence, and identifies related rules, network entities and configuration changes, which may be related to the breach. An integrated graphical user interface (GUI) provides efficient, timely traversal and analysis of rule breaches across the network to allow quick, efficient identification of the underlying cause or condition of the rule breach. A discoverer gathers configuration data including notifications of changes, alerts, and conditions in the network that are pertinent to the rule breaches. A compliance engine evaluates the configuration data against the rules to identify breaches. Therefore, the compliance engine identifies breaches (rule violations and vulnerabilities) across the network to be addressed for compliance with the policies in effect in the network.