Patent ID: 8763085
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for protecting virtual machines from computer security threats, the method comprising: sending a first communication and a first sequence marker from a security manager running in a first computer system to a first virtual machine running in a second computer system, the second computer system running a plurality of virtual machines that includes the first virtual machine, the security manager expecting to receive the first sequence marker only once; after receiving the first sequence marker back from the first virtual machine, the security manager receiving the first sequence marker back from a second virtual machine having a same credentials as the first virtual machine; the security manager detecting that the second virtual machine is a clone or a rollback of the first virtual machine based on receiving a same first sequence marker from both the first and second virtual machines; and in response to detecting that the second virtual machine is a clone or a rollback of the first virtual machine, provisioning computer security in the second virtual machine, wherein provisioning computer security in the second virtual machine comprises providing an updated computer security module to the second virtual machine.