US 11,122,051 B2Granted

Using smart groups for computer-based security awareness training systems

AssigneeKnowBe4, Inc.

InventorsGreg Kras, Alin Irimie

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Abstract

This disclosure describes embodiments of an improvement to the static group solution because all the administrator needs to do is specify the criteria they care about. Unlike static groups, where the administrator needs to keep track of the status of individual users and move them between static groups as their status changes, smart groups allows for automatic identification of the relevant users at the moment that action needs to be taken. This feature automates user management for the purposes of enrollment in either phishing and training campaigns. Because the smart group membership is determined as the group is about to be used for something, the smart group membership is always accurate and never outdated. The query that determines the smart group membership gets run at the time when you are about to do a campaign or perform some other action that needs to know the membership of the smart group.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

establishing, by one or more processors responsive to one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) being called, a second group comprising a first group of users of a plurality of users and criteria for identifying a second one or more users from the plurality of users, the second group configured to resolve members of the second group based at least on the second one or more users matching the criteria responsive to executing the second group;
executing, by the one or more processors responsive to the one or more APIs being called, the second group by querying information about the plurality of users to identify which of the second one or more users of the plurality of users match the criteria of the second group, the second group comprising the first group of users and the second one or more users identified as a result of executing the second group;
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using, by the one or more processors responsive to the one or more APIs being called, for a simulated phishing training as members of the second group the one or more users of the first group and the second one or more users identified as the result of executing the second group.

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Facts

Application: 17/074,079Filed 19 Oct 2020 · continuation
Priority: 21 Apr 2017
Published: US 2021/0037021 A14 Feb 2021
Granted: 14 Sep 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

H04L 63/104
For controlling access to devices or network resources: grouping of entities
G06F 9/30029
To perform operations on data operands: logical and Boolean instructions, e.g. XOR, NOT
G06F 21/562
Computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangements: static detection
G06F 21/577
Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates…:…

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Application62/488,474Us provisional application · filed 21 Apr 2017
Application15/958,644Parent of this continuation · filed 20 Apr 2018
Application16/750,580Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Jan 2020
US 10,581,868 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 3 Mar 2020
US 2021/0037021 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Feb 2021
US 10,812,493 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0309764 A1Published application
US 2020/0162475 A1Published application
US 11,122,051 B2This patent

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