Patent ID: 9325732
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to perform a method to share computer security threats, the method comprising: identifying a trusted security partner of an organization using a trusted security service; storing a partner network graph having an edge between a first security node and a second security node in the trusted security service, the first security node representing the organization, the second security node indicating the trusted security partner; storing threat notification information, which includes at least identification information, electronic formatting information, types of computer security threats requested by the trusted security party, and accounting information of the organization, with the second security node in the trusted security service, the threat notification having identification information for the trusted security partner; receiving computer security threat information from the organization; querying the partner network graph in the trusted security service for security nodes connected to the first security node, thereby returning the second security node identifying the trusted security partner of the organization; and communicating the computer security threat information received from the organization to the trusted security partner via the trusted security service using identification information stored with the second security node.