Granted Patent B1

US 9,882,918 · App. 15/720,788 · Granted Jan 30, 2018

Abstract

Claims (59)

1. A computer-implementable method for generating a cyber behavior profile, comprising:

monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system;

converting the user interactions and the information about the user into electronic information representing the user interactions, the electronic information representing the user interactions comprising respective user behavior elements;

generating a unique cyber behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the user interactions and the information about the user;

storing information relating to the unique cyber behavior profile in a behavior blockchain;

storing the respective user behavior elements in user behavior blocks of the behavior blockchain;

determining whether a user behavior element is suspect;

appending the user behavior element to the behavior blockchain as a known good user behavior element when the user behavior element is not suspect; and,

appending the user behavior element to the behavior blockchain as a suspect cyber behavior element when the user behavior element is suspect.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the unique behavior profile is based upon at least one of an identification factor and a user behavior factor.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the user behavior block comprises a transaction payload; and,

the transaction payload includes a representation of the unique cyber behavior profile.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein:

the transaction payload comprises executable code, the executable code being used by a user behavior monitoring system to detect at least one of acceptable behavior, anomalous behavior, malicious behavior and unknown behavior being enacted by a user.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein:

the transaction payload comprises a user behavior score, the user behavior score being used by a user behavior monitoring system to assess a particular user while enacting a given user behavior.

6. A system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to the processor; and

a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:

monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system;

converting the user interactions and the information about the user into electronic information representing the user interactions, the electronic information representing the user interactions comprising respective user behavior elements;

generating a unique cyber behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the user interactions and the information about the user; and

storing information relating to the unique cyber behavior profile in a behavior blockchain;

storing the respective user behavior elements in user behavior blocks of the behavior blockchain;

determining whether a user behavior element is suspect;

appending the user behavior element to the behavior blockchain as a known good user behavior element when the user behavior element is not suspect; and,

appending the user behavior element to the behavior blockchain as a suspect cyber behavior element when the user behavior element is suspect.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein:

the unique behavior profile is based upon at least one of an identification factor and a user behavior factor.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein:

the user behavior block comprises a transaction payload; and,

the transaction payload includes a representation of the unique cyber behavior profile.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein:

the transaction payload comprises executable code, the executable code being used by a user behavior monitoring system to detect at least one of acceptable behavior, anomalous behavior, malicious behavior and unknown behavior being enacted by a user.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein:

the transaction payload comprises a user behavior score, the user behavior score being used by a user behavior monitoring system to assess a particular user while enacting a given user behavior.

11. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system;

converting the user interactions and the information about the user into electronic information representing the user interactions;

generating a unique cyber behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the user interactions and the information about the user; and,

storing information relating to the unique cyber behavior profile in a behavior blockchain;

storing the respective user behavior elements in user behavior blocks of the behavior blockchain;

determining whether a user behavior element is suspect;

appending the user behavior element to the behavior blockchain as a known good user behavior element when the user behavior element is not suspect; and,

appending the user behavior element to the behavior blockchain as a suspect cyber behavior element when the user behavior element is suspect.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein:

the unique behavior profile is based upon at least one of an identification factor and a user behavior factor.

13. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein:

the user behavior block comprises a transaction payload; and,

the transaction payload includes a representation of the unique cyber behavior profile.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the transaction payload comprises executable code, the executable code being used by a user behavior monitoring system to detect at least one of acceptable behavior, anomalous behavior, malicious behavior and unknown behavior being enacted by a user.

15. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the transaction payload comprises a user behavior score, the user behavior score being used by a user behavior monitoring system to assess a particular user while enacting a given user behavior.

16. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client system from a server system at a remote location.

17. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a user on an on-demand basis.

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