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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Swaminathan Balasubramanian, Southfield, MI (US);
Matthew M. Lobbes, Northlake, TX (US);
Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, NC (US);
Brian J. Snitzer, Lancaster, PA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An approach for responding to a threat in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment) is provided. In an embodiment, a set of associations to a virtual machine (VM) instance are established, each association indicating a relationship between the VM instance and a related VM instance. Each of the associations in the set of associations is assigned a strength attribute. When a threat is detected in a VM instance, a first preventative measure is performed on a first related VM instance, the strength of which is determined based on the strength attribute that corresponds to the association between the VM instance and the first related VM instance. A second preventative measure is performed on a second related VM instance, the strength of which is based on the strength attribute that corresponds to the association between the VM instance and the second related VM instance.