Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Secure policy audit in shared enforcement environment
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Application No.: US14884232Application Date: 2015-10-15
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Publication No.: US10044758B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Cheng-Ta Lee , Ronald B. Williams
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.
- Agent Jeffrey S. LaBaw
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L9/32 ; H04L9/00 ; H04L12/28

Abstract:
A method and system are provided that, in turn, provide a secure policy audit in a shared enforcement environment. The method includes providing an auditing component in a software defined network. The method further includes receiving, by the auditing component, a first auditing event from a first component in the software defined network and a related auditing event from a second component in the software defined network. The method also includes analyzing, by the auditing component, the first auditing event and the related auditing event against an enforcement of an access policy criteria for the software defined network. The access policy criteria requires auditing events from at least two enforcement points in the software defined network. The first and second component form the at least two enforcement points. The method additionally includes determining, by the auditing component, one of a compliance and a non-compliance with the access policy criteria.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170111392A1 SECURE POLICY AUDIT IN SHARED ENFORCEMENT ENVIRONMENT Public/Granted day:2017-04-20
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