IP Library Granted Patent US 9,531,726
Granted Patent B2
US 9,531,726 · App. 14/983,418 · Granted Dec 27, 2016

Systems and methods for automatic discovery of systems and accounts

Inventors: Gyle Iverson (Woodland Hills, CA); Jeffery Nielsen (Simi Valley, CA); Julie Lustig-Rusch (West Hills, CA); James Mitchell (Moorpark, CA)
Assignee: BeyondTrust Software, Inc.
H04L63/102H04L63/083H04L63/10H04L63/1433
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Patent No.
US 9,531,726
App. No.
14/983,418
Granted
Dec 27, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In various embodiments, a method comprises scanning a directory structure to generate a scan result comprising a plurality of discovered systems, identifying one or more accounts associated with at least one of the plurality of discovered systems, configuring a security appliance to change one or more old passwords to one or more new passwords for the one or more accounts, and changing, with the configured security appliance, the one or more old passwords to the one or more new passwords.

Claims (33)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a trusted program factor at a security appliance, the trusted program factor associated with a seeking application to access a secured application or secured database;

receiving, by the security appliance, an access request for the seeking application to access the secured application or secured database, the access request being received from a client device separate from the security appliance;

obtaining, by the security appliance, a program factor instance for the seeking application in response to the receiving the access request;

comparing, by the security appliance, the program factor instance and the trusted program factor;

confirming, by the security appliance, authorization of the seeking application to access the secured application or secured database based on the comparison; and

elevating a user right associated with a user account having access to the secured application or secured database when the authorization of the seeking application to access the secured application or database is confirmed, the access by the user account being based at least in part on the user right.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the trusted program factor is selected from a group consisting of a program name, a program version, a program executable hash, a dependent DLL name, shared library names, a dependent DLL version, shared library versions, environmental factors, and debugging identification.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the trusted program factor is selected from a group consisting of a system name, a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), a domain name, an IP address, a MAC address, a user name, a user ID, a CPU ID, a CPU serial number, a root disk volume ID, an OS version, and an OS type.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user right determines whether a user can view, access, make a change to, or share the secured application or secured database.

5. A system, comprising:

memory;

a hardware processor; and

a security system module configured by the hardware processor to:

receive a trusted program factor at a security appliance, the trusted program factor associated with a seeking application to access a secured application or secured database;

receive an access request for the seeking application to access the secured application or secured database, the access request being received from a client device separate from the security appliance;

obtain a program factor instance for the seeking application in response to the receiving the access request;

compare the program factor instance and the trusted program factor;

confirm authorization of the seeking application to access the secured application or secured database based on the comparison; and

elevate a user right associated with a user account having access to the secured application or secured database when the authorization of the seeking application to access the secured application or database is confirmed, the access by the user account being based at least in part on the user right.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the trusted program factor is selected from a group consisting of a program name, a program version, a program executable hash, a dependent DLL name, shared library names, a dependent DLL version, shared library versions, environmental factors, and debugging identification.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the trusted program factor is selected from a group consisting of a system name, a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), a domain name, an IP address, a MAC address, a user name, a user ID, a CPU ID, a CPU serial number, a root disk volume ID, an OS version, and an OS type.

8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the user right determines whether a user can view, access, make a change to, or share the secured application or secured database.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising executable instructions, the instructions being executable by a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving a trusted program factor at a security appliance, the trusted program factor associated with a seeking application to access a secured application or secured database;

receiving, by the security appliance, an access request for the seeking application to access the secured application or secured database, the access request being received from a client device separate from the security appliance;

obtaining, by the security appliance, a program factor instance for the seeking application in response to the receiving the access request;

comparing, by the security appliance, the program factor instance and the trusted program factor;

confirming, by the security appliance, authorization of the seeking application to access the secured application or secured database based on the comparison; and

elevating a user right associated with a user account having access to the secured application or secured database when the authorization of the seeking application to access the secured application or database is confirmed, the access by the user account being based at least in part on the user right.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the trusted program factor is selected from a group consisting of a program name, a program version, a program executable hash, a dependent DLL name, shared library names, a dependent DLL version, shared library versions, environmental factors, and debugging identification.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the trusted program factor is selected from a group consisting of a system name, a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), a domain name, an IP address, a MAC address, a user name, a user ID, a CPU ID, a CPU serial number, a root disk volume ID, an OS version, and an OS type.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the user right determines whether a user can view, access, make a change to, or share the secured application or secured database.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF FIRST LIEN PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 28, 2023
From: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
To: BEYONDTRUST SOFTWARE, INC.
Reel/Frame 065696/0798 →
RELEASE OF SECOND LIEN PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 28, 2023
From: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC,
To: BEYONDTRUST SOFTWARE, INC.
Reel/Frame 065697/0345 →
SECOND LIEN PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 4, 2018
From: BEYONDTRUST SOFTWARE, INC.
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS THE COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047195/0252 →
FIRST LIEN PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 3, 2018
From: BEYONDTRUST SOFTWARE, INC.
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS THE COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047190/0238 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST UNDER REEL/FRAME NO. 044496/0009 Recorded Oct 3, 2018
From: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION
To: BEYONDTRUST SOFTWARE, INC.
Reel/Frame 047189/0516 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 21, 2017
From: BEYONDTRUST SOFTWARE, INC.
To: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044496/0009 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2016
From: IVERSON, GYLE; NIELSEN, JEFFERY; LUSTIG-RUSCH, JULIE; MITCHELL, JAMES
To: BEYONDTRUST SOFTWARE, INC.
Reel/Frame 038412/0612 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 14327087 · Jul 9, 2014
Continuation 12571231 · Sep 30, 2009
Continuation In Part 12497429 · Jul 2, 2009
Provisional Application 61219359 · Jun 22, 2009
Related Publication 20160149924A1 · May 26, 2016