Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Responsible parent process identification
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Application No.: US17219493Application Date: 2021-03-31
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Publication No.: US12056233B2Publication Date: 2024-08-06
- Inventor: Jonathan L. Edwards , David McCormack , Leandro Ignacio Costantino , Manish Kumar
- Applicant: McAfee, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: McAfee, LLC
- Current Assignee: McAfee, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Patent Capital Group
- Main IPC: G06F21/00
- IPC: G06F21/00 ; G06F21/52 ; G06F21/55

Abstract:
There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a hardware platform including a processor and a memory; and instructions encoded within the memory to instruct the processor to: trace, for a plurality of actions having different direct parent actors, a common responsible parent actor, wherein the instructions determine that the common responsible parent actor caused or directed the plurality of actions; compile a report of the plurality of actions, wherein the actions are grouped by the common responsible parent actor; send the report to a machine or human analysis agent; responsive to the report, receive from the analysis agent a remedial action; and execute the remedial action.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220318377A1 RESPONSIBLE PARENT PROCESS IDENTIFICATION Public/Granted day:2022-10-06
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