Patent ID: 7647635

Claim:
A method for resolving an identity used to access a secure network, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a security console for displaying security information regarding a secure network, wherein the security information comprises a sequence of characters; (b) receiving a selection of a subset of characters in the sequence from an operator; (c) automatically recognizing a plurality of host identities from the selected subset of characters; (d) sending the plurality of host identities to a resolver; (e) selecting by the resolver a plurality of access session records, each access session record comprising a host identity matching at least one of the plurality of host identities; (f) extracting by the resolver a plurality of user identities, used during an access session for accessing the secure network, from the selected plurality of access session records; (g) receiving from the resolver the plurality of user identities; and (h) displaying the plurality of user identities.