Patent ID: 11972033
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. An apparatus comprising:
multiple escalation handlers, each escalation handler configured to implement at least one security countermeasure;
an alert handler comprising:
multiple escalation sender modules, each escalation sender module coupled to an escalation handler of the multiple escalation handlers;
multiple escalation timers, each respective escalation timer corresponding to a respective escalation severity of multiple escalation severities, each escalation timer coupled to at least one escalation sender module of the multiple escalation sender modules; and
a controller coupled to the multiple escalation timers, the controller configured to initiate an escalation timer of the multiple escalation timers responsive to a triggered alert,
the alert handler, responsive to expiration of the initiated escalation timer and based on the triggered alert, configured to selectively:
initiate another escalation timer of the multiple escalation timers; or

transmit an escalate command from an escalation sender module of the multiple escalation sender modules to an escalation handler of the multiple escalation handlers; and

multiple signaling pathways, each respective signaling pathway coupled between a respective escalation sender module of the multiple escalation sender modules and a respective escalation handler of the multiple escalation handlers, each signaling pathway of the multiple signaling pathways comprising at least one differential path.