Patent ID: 11916949
Assignee: NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A system for monitoring activity of devices in a network, the system comprising:
a storage device configured to store program instructions; and
one or more processors operably connected to the storage device and configured to execute the program instructions to cause the system to:
passively collect data regarding how the devices access the network;
for each device on the network, identify all other devices on the network with which the device communicates;
identify all communication traffic from the devices to outside the network;
determine if there any required updates for the devices;
determine a number of risk indicators for privacy risks according to device communication within the network, device communication to outside the network, and the required updates for the devices; and, display a visualization of any identified risk factors to a user through a user interface,
wherein determining the risk indicators comprises:
creating a model of the network;
testing the model for accuracy;
evaluating, with the model, system level security compliance of the network;
simulating, with the model, effects on the network of a number of different device failures; and
simulating, with the model, effects on the network of a number of different configuration changes.