Maintaining user privacy via a distributed framework for security analytics
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring a plurality of actions of an entity, the plurality of actions of the entity corresponding to a plurality of events enacted by the entity; maintaining information relating to the monitoring within a user edge component; identifying an event of analytic utility; analyzing the event of analytic utility at the user edge component, the analyzing generating a security risk assessment; and, providing the security risk assessment to a network edge component.
1. A computer-implementable method for performing a security operation, comprising:
monitoring a plurality of actions of an entity, the plurality of actions of the entity corresponding to a plurality of events enacted by the entity;
maintaining information relating to the monitoring within a user edge component;
identifying an event of analytic utility;
analyzing the event of analytic utility at the user edge component, the analyzing generating a security risk assessment, the analyzing being performed by a hardware processor of the user edge component;
providing the security risk assessment to a network edge component;
anonymizing the information relating to the monitoring to provide anonymized information; and,
providing the anonymized information to the network edge component; and wherein
the network edge component performs a security operation using the anonymized information relating to the monitoring; and,
the network edge component requests de-anonymized information from the user edge component when the security operation generates an indication of a security risk of the entity.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the anonymized information is provided to the network edge component when the security risk indication exceeds a predetermined threshold.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the security operation comprises a meaning derivation operation, the meaning derivation operation deriving a meaning relating to the event of analytic utility.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the user edge component comprises a protected endpoint, the protected endpoint comprising an endpoint device and an endpoint agent, the endpoint agent comprising a security policy system and a distributed data management system.
5. 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 a plurality of actions of an entity, the plurality of actions of the entity corresponding to a plurality of events enacted by the entity;
maintaining information relating to the monitoring within a user edge component;
identifying an event of analytic utility;
analyzing the event of analytic utility at the user edge component, the analyzing generating a security risk assessment, the analyzing being performed by a hardware processor of the user edge component;
providing the security risk assessment to a network edge component;
anonymizing the information relating to the monitoring to provide anonymized information; and,
providing the anonymized information to the network edge component; and wherein
the network edge component performs a security operation using the anonymized information relating to the monitoring; and,
the network edge component requests de-anonymized information from the user edge component when the security operation generates an indication of a security risk of the entity.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein
the anonymized information is provided to the network edge component when the security risk indication exceeds a predetermined threshold.
7. The system of claim 5 , wherein:
the security operation comprises a meaning derivation operation, the meaning derivation operation deriving a meaning relating to the event of analytic utility.
8. The system of claim 5 , wherein:
the user edge component comprises a protected endpoint, the protected endpoint comprising an endpoint device and an endpoint agent, the endpoint agent comprising a security policy system and a distributed data management system.
9. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
monitoring a plurality of actions of an entity, the plurality of actions of the entity corresponding to a plurality of events enacted by the entity;
maintaining information relating to the monitoring within a user edge component;
identifying an event of analytic utility;
analyzing the event of analytic utility at the user edge component, the analyzing generating a security risk assessment, the analyzing being performed by a hardware processor of the user edge component;
providing the security risk assessment to a network edge component;
anonymizing the information relating to the monitoring to provide anonymized information; and
providing the anonymized information to the network edge component; and wherein
the network edge component performs a security operation using the anonymized information relating to the monitoring; and,
the network edge component requests de-anonymized information from the user edge component when the security operation generates an indication of a security risk of the entity.
10. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein
the anonymized information is provided to the network edge component when the security risk indication exceeds a predetermined threshold.
11. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein:
the security operation comprises a meaning derivation operation, the meaning derivation operation deriving a meaning relating to the event of analytic utility.
12. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein:
the user edge component comprises a protected endpoint, the protected endpoint comprising an endpoint device and an endpoint agent, the endpoint agent comprising a security policy system and a distributed data management system.
13. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein:
the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client system from a server system at a remote location.
14. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein:
the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a user on an on-demand basis.