Computing resource identification

A system operable to normalize configuration items stored in a configuration management database (CMDB), wherein the configuration items are associated with computing resources to facilitate network operations, and wherein the system comprises:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor, wherein the memory includes instructions executable by the processor to cause the system to:
• identify one or more partial matches between a value associated with a configuration item and a corresponding value associated with one or more computing resource types from a set of computing resource types, wherein the value comprises one or more alpha-numeric characters associated with the configuration item, and wherein the corresponding value comprises one or more alpha-numeric characters describing the one or more computing resource types;
• form a search query comprising alpha-numeric characters extracted from the value based on the one or more partial matches;
• invoke a search of one or more external information sources using the search query to obtain a plurality of search results, wherein the one or more external information sources comprise a network security information provider, and wherein invoking the search comprises:
• scraping data stored by the network security information provider to obtain results associated with malware, wherein the plurality of search results comprises the results associated with the malware;
• display a ranked list of search results comprising the plurality of search results, wherein the search results are ranked based on a number of occurrences of the search query in the plurality of search results;
• receive selection of one computing resource type from the ranked list of search results;
• and
• update the configuration item to associate the configuration item with the selected computing resource type.

A method for associating computing resource types with a computing resource, the method comprising:

• accessing a configuration item stored in a configuration management database (CMDB) associated with the computing resource;
• identifying one or more partial matches between one or more values associated with the configuration item and one or more corresponding values associated with one or more computing resource types, wherein the one or more values comprise alpha-numeric characters associated with the configuration item, and wherein the one or more corresponding values comprise alpha-numeric characters describing the one or more computing resource types;
• forming a search query comprising alpha-numeric characters extracted from the one or more values based on the one or more partial matches;
• invoking a search of one or more external information sources using the search query to obtain a plurality of search results, wherein the one or more external information sources comprise a network security information provider, and wherein invoking the search comprises:
• scraping data stored by the network security information provider to obtain results associated with malware, wherein the plurality of search results comprises the results associated with the malware;
• displaying a ranked list comprising the plurality of search results, wherein the ranked list is ranked based on a number of occurrences of the search query in the plurality of search results;
• receiving selection of a candidate computing resource type from the ranked list;
• updating the configuration item to associate the configuration item with the candidate computing resource type;
• and
• storing the updated configuration item.