Patent ID: 9143517
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for threat exchange information protection, comprising: receiving, via a communication link, security information from a number of participants of a threat exchange community, wherein a portion of the received security information is encoded with pseudonyms by each of the number of participants; determining a functionality of network devices that are associated with the received security information encoded with a pseudonym; analyzing the security information collectively from the number of participants, wherein the portion of the received security information remains encoded, and wherein analyzing the security information includes comparing security information from the number of participants based on the functionality of network devices that are associated with the received security information; and sending, via the communication link, analysis results to each of the number of participants, wherein the analysis results sent to each of the number of participants include information relating to the portion encoded with a pseudonym by that participant.