Patent ID: 8239668
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for collecting computer security threat data, the system comprising: a first computer in a first computer network, the first computer detects a first computer security threat event and generates first computer security threat data for the first computer security threat event, the first computer security threat data comprising first user identifiable data that can be used to identify a first user in the first computer network, the first computer encrypts the first user identifiable data prior to sending the first computer security threat data to a protection server; a second computer in a second computer network separate from the first computer network, the second computer detects a second computer security threat event and generates second computer security threat data for the second computer security threat event, the second computer security threat data comprising second user identifiable data that can be used to identify a second user in the second computer network, the second computer encrypts the second user identifiable data prior to sending the second computer security threat data to a protection server; and