Methods for utilizing fingerprinting to manage network security and devices thereof

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for improved network security management using fingerprinting, comprising first executable code, which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the processors to:

• send, prior to providing access to a client in response to a request for a resource, second executable code to the client, wherein the second executable code is configured to obtain information associated with the client, assemble the information into a fingerprint, and return the fingerprint in response;
• determine whether the fingerprint has been returned from the client;
• when the fingerprint has not been returned from the client, block the request;
• when the fingerprint has been returned from the client, determine whether a record of a reputation database matches the fingerprint;
• and
• when the record of the reputation database matches the fingerprint:
• update historical data in the record to include information associated with the request;
• and
• initiate an action based on the historical data or other data included in the record, the action comprising blocking the request or providing access to the resource to the client.

A security management computing device, comprising memory comprising programmed instructions stored thereon and one or more processors configured to execute the stored programmed instructions to:

• send, prior to providing access to a client in response to a request for a resource, executable code to the client, wherein the executable code is configured to obtain information associated with the client, assemble the information into a fingerprint, and return the fingerprint in response;
• determine whether the fingerprint has been returned from the client;
• when the fingerprint has not been returned from the client, block the request;
• when the fingerprint has been returned from the client, determine whether a record of a reputation database matches the fingerprint;
• and
• when the record of the reputation database matches the fingerprint:
• update historical data in the record to include information associated with the request;
• and
• initiate an action based on the historical data or other data included in the record, the action comprising blocking the request or providing access to the resource to the client.

A network traffic management system comprising one or more security management computing devices, one or more server devices, and one or more client devices, the system comprising memory comprising programmed instructions stored thereon and one or more processors configured to execute the stored programmed instructions to:

• send, prior to providing access to a client to a requested resource, executable code to the client, wherein the executable code is configured to obtain information associated with the client, assemble the information into a fingerprint, and return the fingerprint in response;
• determine whether the fingerprint has been returned from the client;
• when the fingerprint has not been returned from the client, block the request;
• when the fingerprint has been returned from the client, determine whether a record of a reputation database matches the fingerprint;
• and
• when the record of the reputation database matches the fingerprint:
• update historical data in the record to include information associated with the request;
• and
• initiate an action based on the historical data or other data included in the record, the action comprising blocking the request or providing access to the resource to the client.