Patent ID: 7784099
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for predicting and preventing unauthorized intrusion in a computer configuration comprising at least one of a computing device and a communication network, the system comprising: the communication network to which at least two computing devices connect, wherein at least one of the computing devices is operable to receive data transmitted by the other computing device; a database accessible over the network and operable to store information related to the network; a vulnerability assessment component that is operable to execute a command over the communication network; a data monitoring utility that is operable to monitor data transmitted over the communication network as the vulnerability assessment component executes commands; and an intrusion detection component that is operable to provide a simulated copy of the network, to generate a first data transmission on the simulated copy of the network that represents a second data transmission transmitted on the communication network, and to compare the first data transmission with the second data transmission; wherein the vulnerability assessment component interfaces with the intrusion detection component to define rules associated with the first and second data transmissions, to store the rules in the database, and to retrieve the rules from the database in order to predict and prevent unauthorized intrusion in the computer configuration.