Patent ID: 11870696
Assignee: GFI USA, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A system comprising:
a network appliance; and
a contral management and reporting system, coupled to the network appliance, wherein:
the network appliance includes:
one or more first processors; and
a memory, coupled to the processor, storing first code that when executed by the one or more first processors cause the one or more first processors to perform operations comprising:
controlling data traffic to computing devices in the network via the network traffic appliance that includes a network interface; and

collecting network traffic data based on the data traffic passing through the network appliance at a normal level from a first set of data sources;

the contral management and reporting system includes:
one or more second processors; and
a memory, coupled to the processor, storing second code that when executed by the one or more second processors cause the one or more second processors to perform operations comprising:
monitoring the network traffic data;
determining whether the network traffic data indicates an abnormal condition;

wherein:
when the first code is executed by the one or more first processors cause the one or more first processors to further perform operations comprising:
running an application on one of the computing devices to collect network data from a second set of data sources to increase the collection of network traffic data when an abnormal condition is detected; and

when the second code is executed by the one or more second processors cause the one or more second processors to further perform operations comprising:
analyzing the increased network traffic data collected.