Distributed framework for security analytics

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a data bus coupled to the processor;
• and
• a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
• monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source;
• identifying an event of analytic utility;
• analyzing the event of analytic utility, the analyzing the event of analytic utility identifying an entity behavior associated with the event of analytic utility, the security operation being performed by at least one of an entity edge component and a security analytics system, the entity edge component executing the security operation on a hardware processor associated with the entity edge component, the security analytics system executing the security operation on a hardware processor associated with the security analytics system;
• and,
• performing the security operation in response to the analyzing the event of analytic utility;
• and wherein
• the monitoring, the identifying, the analyzing and the performing are performed via a distributed security analytics framework;
• and,
• the distributed security analytics framework comprises the entity edge component, the entity edge component performing a human factors analytics operation, the human factors analytics operation using a human-centric risk modeling framework, the human-centric risk modeling framework enabling quantification of a human-centric factor associated with the entity, the human-centric factor comprising a motivation factor, a stressor factor and an organizational dynamics stressor factor, the human-centric factor having an associated effect on the entity, the motivation factor representing a user entity behavior that provides an indication of a motivation for enacting the user entity behavior, the stressor factor representing an issue influencing the user entity behavior, the organizational stressor factor representing an event occurring within an organization affecting the user entity behavior.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

• monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source;
• identifying an event of analytic utility;
• analyzing the event of analytic utility, the analyzing the event of analytic utility identifying an entity behavior associated with the event of analytic utility, the security operation being performed by at least one of an entity edge component and a security analytics system, the entity edge component executing the security operation on a hardware processor associated with the entity edge component, the security analytics system executing the security operation on a hardware processor associated with the security analytics system;
• and,
• performing the security operation in response to the analyzing the event of analytic utility;
• and wherein
• the monitoring, the identifying, the analyzing and the performing are performed via a distributed security analytics framework;
• and,
• the distributed security analytics framework comprises the entity edge component, the entity edge component performing a human factors analytics operation, the human factors analytics operation using a human-centric risk modeling framework, the human-centric risk modeling framework enabling quantification of a human-centric factor associated with the entity, the human-centric factor comprising a motivation factor, a stressor factor and an organizational dynamics stressor factor, the human-centric factor having an associated effect on the entity, the motivation factor representing a user entity behavior that provides an indication of a motivation for enacting the user entity behavior, the stressor factor representing an issue influencing the user entity behavior, the organizational stressor factor representing an event occurring within an organization affecting the user entity behavior.