Patent ID: 9160764
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for reducing the security risk of transactions with a computer over a computer network, said system comprising: a. a computer network; b. a first computer on said computer network, said first computer having a first computer network address and said first computer communicating with a second computer on said computer network; c. a communication between said first computer and said second computer, said act of said first computer communicating with said second computer being indicative of a user of said first computer being engaged in a risk activity and said communication including said first computer network address; d. a monitoring system on said computer network having one or more monitoring agents autonomously obtaining said first computer network address from said communication between said first computer and said second computer; and e. one or more algorithms assigning a risk score to transactions over said computer network from said first computer network address, said risk based at least in part on content on said second computer; wherein said monitoring system utilizes said risk score to inhibit a communication between said first computer and a third computer.