Patent ID: 11876829
Assignee: ATTACKIQ, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. The method of claim 1:
wherein accessing the set of data packets comprises accessing the set of data packets that represent data interchanges between machines in communication with the second computer network during the malicious attack on the second computer network during the first time period; and
wherein designating the set of agents as actors in the simulation of the malicious attack on the target computer network comprises:
designating an external agent, installed on an asset external to the target computer network, for the simulation;
identifying a quantity of internal machines, within the second computer network, involved in the malicious attack on the second computer network based on addresses of source machines and addresses of destination machines associated with data interchanges represented by the set of data packets; and
designating the quantity of internal agents, installed on assets within the target computer network, for the simulation.