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Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 16, 2015
Applicant:

Imperva, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);

Inventors:

Amichai Shulman, Tel Aviv, IL;

Sagie Dulce, Hod HaSharon, IL;

Assignee:

IMPERVA, INC., Redwood City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/30 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); H04L 63/18 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a method in a computing device for responding to a determination that a verification with a user is desired responsive to detection of activity indicative of a possible insider threat is described. The method includes selecting a target role and a target user for the verification based on an activity context and an enterprise context repository, the selecting including selecting the target role from a plurality of target roles based on the activity context and optionally the enterprise context repository and selecting a target user in the selected target role based on the enterprise context repository. The method further includes causing a verification request to be sent to the selected target user; and generating an alert when a verification result indicates that the activity is indicative of the possible insider threat.


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