Patent ID: 11916930
Assignee: ACRONIS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A system for performing a non-invasive malware scan on a target computing device including a processor and a memory, by way of Remote Direct Memory Access (“RDMA”), the system comprising:
an RDMA unit configured for operation on the target device, the RDMA unit comprising:
a first memory scan engine configured for monitoring the memory of the target computing device for violation of a security policy;
a communication unit coupled to the first memory scan engine; and
a first task manager configured for performing a security response action on the target computing device in accordance with the security policy; and

a remote security server communicatively coupled to the RDMA unit, the remote security server comprising:
a threat database; and
a second memory scan engine configured for:
scanning a memory of the target device upon the violation of the security policy;
identifying a threat; and
recommending the security response action to the first task manager in accordance with the security policy; and

wherein the remote security server includes a remote direct memory access unit for facilitating provision of remote direct memory access of the target computing device to the remote security server to perform the non-invasive malware scan of the target device, and wherein the second memory scan engine is configured to scan only processes occurring on the device during the scan and does not include scanning files and wherein the endpoint protection agent does not include a virus scanner running on the target device.