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- Patent Title: Path scanning for the detection of anomalous subgraphs and use of DNS requests and host agents for anomaly/change detection and network situational awareness
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Application No.: US15419673Application Date: 2017-01-30
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Publication No.: US09825979B2Publication Date: 2017-11-21
- Inventor: Joshua Charles Neil , Michael Edward Fisk , Alexander William Brugh , Curtis Lee Hash , Curtis Byron Storlie , Benjamin Uphoff , Alexander Kent
- Applicant: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
- Applicant Address: US NM Los Alamos
- Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
- Current Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NM Los Alamos
- Agency: LeonardPatel PC
- Main IPC: H04L29/00
- IPC: H04L29/00 ; H04L29/06 ; G06N7/00

Abstract:
A system, apparatus, computer-readable medium, and computer-implemented method are provided for detecting anomalous behavior in a network. Historical parameters of the network are determined in order to determine normal activity levels. A plurality of paths in the network are enumerated as part of a graph representing the network, where each computing system in the network may be a node in the graph and the sequence of connections between two computing systems may be a directed edge in the graph. A statistical model is applied to the plurality of paths in the graph on a sliding window basis to detect anomalous behavior. Data collected by a Unified Host Collection Agent (“UHCA”) may also be used to detect anomalous behavior.
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