Patent ID: 11924241
Assignee: LOOKOUT, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
at least one computing device; and
memory storing instructions configured when executed to cause the at least one computing device to:
provide at least one communication interface, the communication interface configured to communicate over at least one network with a plurality of endpoint devices, wherein each endpoint device runs a respective endpoint agent, and wherein each endpoint agent is configured to gather metadata associated with its respective endpoint device and send the gathered metadata to a network gateway; and
implement the network gateway, wherein the network gateway is configured to:
receive, from a first endpoint agent, first metadata corresponding to a first endpoint device;
identify, based at least on the first metadata, a security risk; and
in response to identifying the security risk, perform at least one security action, wherein performing the security action comprises causing limiting or blocking of at least one process associated with the identified security risk, and wherein the process is limited or blocked on the first endpoint device and one or more other endpoint devices;
wherein performing the security action comprises:
determining a first software component installed or downloaded by the first endpoint device;
determining a second endpoint device that has installed or downloaded a second software component that is similar to the first software component within a comparison threshold; and
sending a signal to the second endpoint device that causes a second endpoint agent running on the second endpoint device to block execution of the second software component.