Granted Patent B1

US 12,592,950 · App. 18/503,595 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Inventors: Jay Parikh (Redwood City, CA); Úlfar Erlingsson (Palo Alto, CA); Yijou Chen (Cupertino, CA)

Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.

H04L63/1425G06F9/455G06F9/545G06F16/9024G06F16/9038G06F16/9535G06F16/9537G06F21/57H04L43/045H04L43/06H04L63/10H04L67/306H04L67/535G06F16/2456

Abstract

Claims (29)

1 . A method of providing a security platform that includes a virtual data lake, the method comprising:

generating, based on security data associated with one or more monitored deployments, one or more abstracted security records, wherein the security data includes data in at least two distinct record formats, wherein each of the record formats is associated with a different cloud services provider;

storing the one or more abstracted securing records in a virtual data lake; and

generating, based on the one or more abstracted securing records, one or more security insights.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a first record format is associated with a first cloud services provider and a second record format is associated with a second cloud services provider.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the security data comprises a plurality of raw security records stored in a lower storage tier relative to the abstracted security record.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the security data comprises a plurality of raw security records stored across the plurality of storage environments.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the security data comprises a plurality of processed security records stored across the plurality of storage environments.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the abstracted security record is included in a plurality of abstracted security records stored across the plurality of storage environments.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing data associating the abstracted security record with the plurality of records.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the abstracted security record comprises processing, by a processing engine of the data lake, portions of the security data to generate abstracted security records.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the processing engine generates the abstracted security records based on one or more modules associated with the customer for generating abstracted security records.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the abstracted security record comprises allocating processing of at least a portion of the security data across the plurality of cloud environments.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein allocating processing of the portion of the security data is based on one or more processing costs for the plurality of records.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein allocating processing of the portion of the security data is based on current resource utilizations for the plurality of cloud environments.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of records correspond to a plurality of instances of detected activity associated with the customer and wherein the abstracted security record describes the detected activity.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of records is associated with a particular event and wherein the abstracted security record describes the particular event.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of records is associated with a particular event and wherein the abstracted security record comprises one or more suggested actions associated with the particular event occurring.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein access to the abstracted security record is provided via one or more of a query language or an application program interface (API).

17 . An apparatus for providing a security platform that includes a virtual data lake, the apparatus including a computer processor and a computer memory that includes computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, carry out the steps of:

generating, based on security data associated with one or more monitored deployments, one or more abstracted security records, wherein the security data includes data in at least two distinct record formats, wherein each of the record formats is associated with a different cloud services provider;

storing the one or more abstracted securing records in a virtual data lake; and

generating, based on the one or more abstracted securing records, one or more security insights.

18 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein a first record format is associated with a first cloud services provider and a second record format is associated with a second cloud services provider.

19 . A computer program product for providing a security platform that includes a virtual data lake, the computer program product disposed on a computer readable medium, the computer program product including computer program instructions that, when executed, carry out the steps of:

generating, based on security data associated with one or more monitored deployments, one or more abstracted security records, wherein the security data includes data in at least two distinct record formats, wherein each of the record formats is associated with a different cloud services provider;

storing the one or more abstracted securing records in a virtual data lake; and

generating, based on the one or more abstracted securing records, one or more security insights.

20 . The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein a first record format is associated with a first cloud services provider and a second record format is associated with a second cloud services provider.

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