Granted Patent B1

US 12,634,312 · App. 17/988,743 · Granted May 19, 2026

Inventors: David M. Hazekamp (Tinley Park, IL); Yijou Chen (Cupertino, CA)

Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.

H04L63/1425G06F9/455G06F9/545G06F16/9024G06F16/9038G06F16/9535G06F16/9537G06F21/50G06F21/57H04L43/045H04L43/06H04L63/10H04L67/306H04L67/535

Abstract

Claims (32)

1 . A method of automating remediation actions in a cloud environment, the method comprising:

detecting an alert associated with a cloud deployment;

selecting a remediation type based on an event type associated with the detected alert;

generating a script based on the selected remediation type, the script including one or more descriptors associated with the alert to be accessed during execution of the script; and

displaying, via a user interface, one or more resources to perform a remediation corresponding to the remediation type.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the remediation type is selected from a group comprising a manual remediation, a guided remediation, and an automatic remediation.

3 . The method of claim 2 wherein the remediation type comprises the manual remediation and the one or more resources comprises a description of one or more actions performable by the user.

4 . The method of claim 2 wherein the remediation type comprises the guided remediation and wherein the one or more resources comprises at least one of: a script executable on a user system or one or more executable actions each requiring confirmation by the user.

5 . The method of claim 2 wherein the remediation type comprises the automatic remediation and wherein the one or more resources comprises one or more executable actions requiring a single confirmation by the user.

6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more descriptors comprise values loaded into one or more actions executed by the script with respect to the cloud deployment.

7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the script is generated based on one or more parameters of the alert.

8 . The method of claim 1 wherein generating the script comprises generating text or code of the script to be encoded in the user interface.

9 . The method of claim 1 wherein the remediation type is selected based on customer environment type of the cloud deployment.

10 . The method of claim 1 further comprising generating evidence data associated with the alert.

11 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the group further comprises a user-independent automatic remediation, and the method further comprises:

performing, responsive to the remediation type comprising the user-independent automatic remediation and instead of providing the one or more resources, one or more actions for the user-independent automatic remediation.

12 . A computer program product of automating remediation actions in a cloud environment, the computer program product disposed on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product including computer program instructions configurable to carry out the steps of:

detecting an alert associated with a cloud deployment;

selecting a remediation type based on an event type associated with the detected alert;

generating a script based on the selected remediation type, the script including one or more descriptors associated with the alert to be accessed during execution of the script; and

displaying, via a user interface, one or more resources to perform a remediation corresponding to the remediation type.

13 . The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the remediation type is selected from a group comprising a manual remediation, a guided remediation, and an automatic remediation.

14 . The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the remediation type comprises the manual remediation and the one or more resources comprises a description of one or more actions performable by the user.

15 . The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the remediation type comprises the guided remediation and wherein the one or more resources comprises at least one of: a script executable on a user system or one or more executable actions each requiring confirmation by the user.

16 . The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the remediation type comprises the automatic remediation and wherein the one or more resources comprises one or more executable actions requiring a single confirmation by the user.

17 . The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the one or more descriptors comprise values loaded into one or more actions executed by the script with respect to the cloud deployment.

18 . The computer program product of claim 12 the script is generated based on one or more parameters of the alert.

19 . The computer program product of claim 12 generating the script comprises generating text or code of the script to be encoded in the user interface.

20 . The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the remediation type is selected based on customer environment type of the cloud deployment.

21 . The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the steps further comprise generating evidence data associated with the alert.

22 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the group further comprises a user-independent automatic remediation, and the steps further comprise:

performing, responsive to the remediation type comprising the user-independent automatic remediation and instead of providing the one or more resources, one or more actions for the user-independent automatic remediation.

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