Granted Patent B2

US 12,413,623 · App. 17/333,553 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Inventors: Brian P. Murphy (Tampa, FL); Joe Partlow (Tampa, FL); Colin O'Connor (Tampa, FL); Jason Pfeiffer (Tampa, FL); Brian Philip Murphy (St. Petersburg, FL)

Assignee: RELIAQUEST HOLDINGS, LLC

H04L63/20G06F9/45558G06F2009/45562G06F2009/45587G06F2009/45595

Abstract

Claims (99)

1. A computer-implemented method, executed on a computing device, comprising:

establishing connectivity with a plurality of security-relevant subsystems within a computing platform;

defining a common specific task to be executed on each of the plurality of security-relevant subsystems, thus defining a plurality of target security-relevant subsystems, wherein defining the common specific task includes:

defining a unified specific task; and

denormalizing the unified specific task to define a subsystem-specific task for each of the plurality of target security-relevant subsystems, thus defining a plurality of subsystem-specific tasks, wherein each subsystem specific task includes one or more bespoke commands or operations to be performed on a respective security-relevant subsystems for accomplishing the unified specific task;

commissioning a container-based job within which the common specific task will be executed; and

executing the common specific task on each of the plurality of security-relevant subsystems within the container-based job.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein commissioning a container-based job within which the specific task will be executed includes:

associating the container-based job with a job-specific IP address.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 wherein communication with the one or more target security-relevant subsystems is effectuated via the job-specific IP address.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

decommissioning the container-based job.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 wherein decommissioning the container-based job includes one or more of:

automatically decommissioning the container-based job upon completion of the execution of the specific task on the one or more target security-relevant subsystems; and

manual decommissioning the container-based job prior to completion of the execution of the specific task on the one or more target security-relevant subsystems.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 wherein decommissioning the container-based job includes:

releasing a job-specific IP address associated with the container-based job.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing the one or more subsystem-specific tasks to the one or more target security-relevant subsystems.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of security-relevant subsystems includes one or more of:

CDN (i.e., Content Delivery Network) systems;

DAM (i.e., Database Activity Monitoring) systems;

UBA (i.e., User Behavior Analytics) systems;

MDM (i.e., Mobile Device Management) systems;

IAM (i.e., Identity and Access Management) systems;

DNS (i.e., Domain Name Server) systems;

Antivirus systems;

operating systems;

data lakes;

data logs;

security-relevant software applications;

security-relevant hardware systems; and

resources external to the computing platform.

9. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

establishing connectivity with a plurality of security-relevant subsystems within a computing platform;

defining a common specific task to be executed on of each of the plurality of security-relevant subsystems, thus defining a plurality of target security-relevant subsystems, wherein defining the common specific task includes:

defining a unified specific task; and

denormalizing the unified specific task to define a subsystem-specific task for each of the plurality of target security-relevant subsystems, thus defining a plurality of subsystem-specific tasks, wherein each subsystem specific task includes one or more bespoke commands or operations to be performed on a respective security-relevant subsystems for accomplishing the unified specific task;

commissioning a container-based job within which the common specific task will be executed; and

executing the common specific task on each of the plurality of security-relevant subsystems within the container-based job.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein commissioning a container-based job within which the specific task will be executed includes:

associating the container-based job with a job-specific IP address.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein communication with the one or more target security-relevant subsystems is effectuated via the job-specific IP address.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 further comprising:

decommissioning the container-based job.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein decommissioning the container-based job includes one or more of:

automatically decommissioning the container-based job upon completion of the execution of the specific task on the one or more target security-relevant subsystems; and

manual decommissioning the container-based job prior to completion of the execution of the specific task on the one or more target security-relevant subsystems.

14. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein decommissioning the container-based job includes:

releasing a job-specific IP address associated with the container-based job.

15. The computer program product of claim 9 further comprising:

providing the one or more subsystem-specific tasks to the one or more target security-relevant subsystems.

16. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the plurality of security-relevant subsystems includes one or more of:

CDN (i.e., Content Delivery Network) systems;

DAM (i.e., Database Activity Monitoring) systems;

UBA (i.e., User Behavior Analytics) systems;

MDM (i.e., Mobile Device Management) systems;

IAM (i.e., Identity and Access Management) systems;

DNS (i.e., Domain Name Server) systems;

Antivirus systems;

operating systems;

data lakes;

data logs;

security-relevant software applications;

security-relevant hardware systems; and

resources external to the computing platform.

17. A computing system including a processor and memory configured to perform operations comprising:

establishing connectivity with a plurality of security-relevant subsystems within a computing platform;

defining a common specific task to be executed on each of the plurality of security-relevant subsystems, thus defining a plurality of target security-relevant subsystems, wherein defining the common specific task includes:

defining a unified specific task; and

denormalizing the unified specific task to define a subsystem-specific task for each of the plurality of target security-relevant subsystems, thus defining a plurality of subsystem-specific tasks, wherein each subsystem specific task includes one or more bespoke commands or operations to be performed on a respective security-relevant subsystems for accomplishing the unified specific task;

commissioning a container-based job within which the common specific task will be executed; and

executing the common specific task on each of the plurality of security-relevant subsystems within the container-based job.

18. The computing system of claim 17 wherein commissioning a container-based job within which the specific task will be executed includes:

associating the container-based job with a job-specific IP address.

19. The computing system of claim 18 wherein communication with the one or more target security-relevant subsystems is effectuated via the job-specific IP address.

20. The computing system of claim 17 further comprising:

decommissioning the container-based job.

21. The computing system of claim 20 wherein decommissioning the container-based job includes one or more of:

automatically decommissioning the container-based job upon completion of the execution of the specific task on the one or more target security-relevant subsystems; and

manual decommissioning the container-based job prior to completion of the execution of the specific task on the one or more target security-relevant subsystems.

22. The computing system of claim 20 wherein decommissioning the container-based job includes:

releasing a job-specific IP address associated with the container-based job.

23. The computing system of claim 17 further comprising:

providing the one or more subsystem-specific tasks to the one or more target security-relevant subsystems.

24. The computing system of claim 17 wherein the plurality of security-relevant subsystems includes one or more of:

CDN (i.e., Content Delivery Network) systems;

DAM (i.e., Database Activity Monitoring) systems;

UBA (i.e., User Behavior Analytics) systems;

MDM (i.e., Mobile Device Management) systems;

IAM (i.e., Identity and Access Management) systems;

DNS (i.e., Domain Name Server) systems;

Antivirus systems;

operating systems;

data lakes;

data logs;

security-relevant software applications;

security-relevant hardware systems; and

resources external to the computing platform.

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