Patent ID: 8984633
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting network security information at a display, the method comprising: storing the network security information directly from network sensors in an active memory, the network sensors applying publish and subscribe to link the output of at least some security modules to at least other security modules that relate network security information to security of the network; applying a parent filter set to the network security information to select parent information for presentation in a parent portlet, the presented parent information relating to security of a network; presenting the parent information in the parent portlet at the display with a selected of plural visualizations; interacting through the display with the parent portlet to present a child portlet, the child portlet having at least the parent filter and at least one unique factor relative to the parent portlet, the presented child portlet relating to security of the network, wherein interacting through the display with the parent portlet further comprises: presenting each selected type of information in the child portlet with the unique factor of the information other than the selected types being filtered out of the presentation; preselecting a visualization of the plural visualizations to use in the presenting of each selected type of information in the child portlet; and automatically applying the preselected visualization upon the selecting.