Component-based risk evaluation techniques using processing flow signatures

A server system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a non-transitory, computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by the at least one processor to cause the server system to:
• provide a service usable to perform a plurality of computing operations for requesting users, wherein the server system includes a plurality of components, different combinations of which are usable to perform different ones of the plurality of computing operations of the service;
• and
• generate, during a first time period, a plurality of instances of a particular flow signature value for a particular processing flow used to perform a particular computing operation for repeated requests from a plurality of users to perform the particular computing operation, wherein generating an instance of the particular flow signature value includes:
• identifying a set of components for the particular processing flow to complete the particular computing operation;
• assigning component identifier values to the set of components for the particular processing flow;
• generating a flow identifier value, for the particular processing flow, using the component identifier values assigned to the set of components for a particular sequence of components used to perform the particular computing operation, and
• incrementing, for the instance of the particular flow signature value, a first counter indicating a number of times that the particular processing flow was utilized by the server system.

A method, comprising:

• providing, by a server system, a service usable to perform a plurality of computing operations for requesting users, wherein the server system includes a plurality of components, different combinations of which are usable to perform different ones of the plurality of computing operations of the service;
• and
• identifying, by the server system based on the request, a set of components for a particular processing flow to complete the requested particular computing operation;
• in response to the identifying, assigning, by the server system, component identifier values to the set of components for the particular processing flow;
• creating, by the server system during a first time period, a plurality of instances of a particular flow signature value while servicing repeated requests from a plurality of users to perform the particular computing operation, wherein creating an instance of the particular flow signature value includes:
• generating a flow identifier value, for the particular processing flow, using the component identifier values assigned to the set of components for a particular sequence of components used, by the server system, to perform the particular computing operation;
• and
• for one or more of the plurality of instances, incrementing, a first counter indicating a number of times that the particular processing flow was utilized by the server system.