Patent ID: 9154386
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a computing device, data from one or more data sources and logging the received data; creating, by the computing device, a first metadata fingerprint for a particular one of the one or more data sources from the received data for the particular one of the one or more data sources, the first metadata fingerprint indicative of a first quantity of data output over a first period of time for the particular one of the one or more data sources; creating, by the computing device, a second metadata fingerprint for the particular data source from the received data for the particular one of the one or more data sources, the second metadata fingerprint indicative of a second quantity of data output over a second period of time for the particular data source, wherein the second period of time is a different period of time than the first period of time, the second period of time occurring before the first period of time; comparing, by the computing device, the first metadata fingerprint with the second metadata fingerprint associated with the particular data source; determining, based on the comparison of the first metadata fingerprint with the second metadata fingerprint, that the first quantity of data varies from the second quantity of data by an amount greater than a specified tolerance for any particular time; and providing an alert when it is determined that the first quantity of data varies from the second quantity of data by an amount greater than the specified tolerance.