Granted Patent B2

US 12,223,048 · App. 18/130,231 · Granted Feb 11, 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

G06F21/566H04L63/1416H04L63/1441H04L63/20G06F2221/034

Abstract

Claims (155)

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

monitoring and logging, by multiple security-relevant subsystems, activity with respect to one or more computing platforms;

receiving a plurality of detection events concerning a plurality of security events occurring on the multiple security-relevant subsystems within the one or more computing platforms;

storing the plurality of detection events to form an event repository;

analyzing one or more current detection rules using machine learning;

processing the event repository using a machine learning model to identify attack patterns defined within the plurality of detection events stored within the event repository, thus defining one or more identified attack patterns;

defining a new detection rule based, at least in part, upon the one or more identified attack patterns and the one or more current detection rules, wherein defining the new detection rule includes:

defining a universal rule; and

translating the universal rule into customer specific technology rules;

directly executing the customer specific technology rules on one or more pieces of customer technology;

directly detecting security events on the one or more pieces of customer technology; and

directly executing a remedial action plan via the one or more pieces of customer technology.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of security events includes one or more of:

Denial of Service (DOS) events;

Distributed Denial of Service DDOS events;

Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) events;

phishing events;

Password Attack events;

SQL Injection events;

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) events;

Insider Threat events;

spamming events;

malware events;

web attacks; and

exploitation events.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the security-relevant subsystems include 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.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the one or more computing platforms includes:

a first computing platform of a first client; and

at least a second computer platform of at least a second client.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein one or more artifacts/log entries are associated with each of the plurality of detection events.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 wherein processing the event repository using a machine learning model to identify attack patterns defined within the plurality of detection events stored within the event repository includes:

processing the event repository using a machine learning model to identify attack patterns defined within the plurality of detection events and their associated artifacts/log entries stored within the event repository.

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

soliciting human feedback concerning the one or more identified attack patterns; and

utilizing the human feedback to train the machine learning model.

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

modifying an existing detection rule based, at least in part, upon the one or more identified attack patterns.

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

initiating an investigation of current activity within the one or more computing platforms based, at least in part, upon the current activity being similar to the one or more identified attack patterns.

10. 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:

monitoring and logging, by multiple security-relevant subsystems, activity with respect to one or more computing platforms;

receiving a plurality of detection events concerning a plurality of security events occurring on the multiple security-relevant subsystems within the one or more computing platforms;

storing the plurality of detection events to form an event repository;

analyzing one or more current detection rules using machine learning;

processing the event repository using a machine learning model to identify attack patterns defined within the plurality of detection events stored within the event repository, thus defining one or more identified attack patterns;

defining a new detection rule based, at least in part, upon the one or more identified attack patterns and the one or more current detection rules, wherein defining the new detection rule includes:

defining a universal rule; and

translating the universal rule into customer specific technology rules;

directly executing the customer specific technology rules on one or more pieces of customer technology;

directly detecting security events on the one or more pieces of customer technology; and

directly executing a remedial action plan via the one or more pieces of customer technology.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the plurality of security events includes one or more of:

Denial of Service (DOS) events;

Distributed Denial of Service DDOS events;

Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) events;

phishing events;

Password Attack events;

SQL Injection events;

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) events;

Insider Threat events;

spamming events;

malware events;

web attacks; and

exploitation events.

12. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the security-relevant subsystems include 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.

13. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the one or more computing platforms includes:

a first computing platform of a first client; and

at least a second computer platform of at least a second client.

14. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein one or more artifacts/log entries are associated with each of the plurality of detection events.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein processing the event repository using a machine learning model to identify attack patterns defined within the plurality of detection events stored within the event repository includes:

processing the event repository using a machine learning model to identify attack patterns defined within the plurality of detection events and their associated artifacts/log entries stored within the event repository.

16. The computer program product of claim 10 further comprising:

soliciting human feedback concerning the one or more identified attack patterns; and

utilizing the human feedback to train the machine learning model.

17. The computer program product of claim 10 further comprising:

modifying an existing detection rule based, at least in part, upon the one or more identified attack patterns.

18. The computer program product of claim 10 further comprising:

initiating an investigation of current activity within the one or more computing platforms based, at least in part, upon the current activity being similar to the one or more identified attack patterns.

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

monitoring and logging, by multiple security-relevant subsystems, activity with respect to one or more computing platforms;

receiving a plurality of detection events concerning a plurality of security events occurring on the multiple security-relevant subsystems within the one or more computing platforms;

storing the plurality of detection events to form an event repository;

analyzing one or more current detection rules using machine learning;

processing the event repository using a machine learning model to identify attack patterns defined within the plurality of detection events stored within the event repository, thus defining one or more identified attack patterns;

defining a new detection rule based, at least in part, upon the one or more identified attack patterns and the one or more current detection rules, wherein defining the new detection rule includes:

defining a universal rule; and translating the universal rule into customer specific technology rules;

directly executing the customer specific technology rules on one or more pieces of customer technology;

directly detecting security events on the one or more pieces of customer technology; and

directly executing a remedial action plan via the one or more pieces of customer technology.

20. The computing system of claim 19 wherein the plurality of security events includes one or more of:

Denial of Service (DOS) events;

Distributed Denial of Service DDOS events;

Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) events;

phishing events;

Password Attack events;

SQL Injection events;

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) events;

Insider Threat events;

spamming events;

malware events;

web attacks; and

exploitation events.

21. The computing system of claim 19 wherein the security-relevant subsystems include 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.

22. The computing system of claim 19 wherein the one or more computing platforms includes:

a first computing platform of a first client; and

at least a second computer platform of at least a second client.

23. The computing system of claim 19 wherein one or more artifacts/log entries are associated with each of the plurality of detection events.

24. The computing system of claim 23 wherein processing the event repository using a machine learning model to identify attack patterns defined within the plurality of detection events stored within the event repository includes:

processing the event repository using a machine learning model to identify attack patterns defined within the plurality of detection events and their associated artifacts/log entries stored within the event repository.

25. The computing system of claim 19 further comprising:

soliciting human feedback concerning the one or more identified attack patterns; and

utilizing the human feedback to train the machine learning model.

26. The computing system of claim 19 further comprising:

modifying an existing detection rule based, at least in part, upon the one or more identified attack patterns.

27. The computing system of claim 19 further comprising:

initiating an investigation of current activity within the one or more computing platforms based, at least in part, upon the current activity being similar to the one or more identified attack patterns.

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