PatentsDB

Dynamic provisioning of protection software in a host instrusion prevention system

US8943593B2 · US · B2

Patent metadata
FieldValue
Publication numberUS-8943593-B2
Application numberUS-201313957297-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 1, 2013
Priority dateJan 5, 2007
Publication dateJan 27, 2015
Grant dateJan 27, 2015

How to read this patent

A practical reading order for non-experts. Skip the full description unless you need deep technical detail.

  1. Title

    What the patent document calls the invention.

  2. Abstract

    A short plain-language summary of the technical disclosure.

  3. Assignees and inventors

    Who owns or filed the patent and who is credited as inventor.

  4. Key dates

    Filing, priority, publication, and grant dates set the timeline.

  5. First independent claim

    The legal scope of protection — read this for what is actually claimed.

  6. CPC / IPC classifications

    Technology tags used to group this patent with similar filings.

  7. Citations and related patents

    Prior art links and similar publications in this corpus.

Abstract

Official abstract text for this publication.

Methods and apparatus for optimizing security configurations of a set of computers are disclosed. A set of local servers, each functioning as a deep-security manager supporting a respective subset of the computers, maintains protection software containing filters and rules for deploying each filter. A local server receives updated protection software from a central server. Each local server interrogates each computer of its subset of computers to acquire computer-characterizing data and applies relevant rules to determine an optimal set of filters for each computer. Each rule adaptively determines required characterizing data elements from each computer for determining an optimal security configuration. A local server updates the security configuration of a computer to suit changes in the operational environment of the computer.

First claim

Opening claim text (preview).

What is claimed is: 1. A server for protecting a plurality of computers from intrusion, the server comprising at least one processor configured to: maintain a plurality of filters, each filter for combating at least one intrusion pattern from a set of known intrusion patterns; maintain a plurality of descriptors, each descriptor relevant to a respective computer characteristic; select a specific descriptor as a current descriptor; recursively: send said current descriptor t…

Assignees

Inventors

Classifications

Patent family

Related publications grouped by family.

View patent family 39580549

External sources

Next steps

Free tools are coming soon. Tell us what you want to track and we'll notify you.

Get alerts for this patentView on Google Patents

Request deeper analysis

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

What does patent US8943593B2 cover?
Methods and apparatus for optimizing security configurations of a set of computers are disclosed. A set of local servers, each functioning as a deep-security manager supporting a respective subset of the computers, maintains protection software containing filters and rules for deploying each filter. A local server receives updated protection software from a central server. Each local server int…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Durie Anthony Robert, Mcgee William G, Trend Micro Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L63/1408. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 27 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).