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US 2014/0007233 A1Published application
System and method for real time data awareness
AssigneeSourcefire, Inc.
InventorMartin Frederick Roesch
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Abstract
A system includes a sensor and a processor. The sensor is configured to passively read data in packets as the packets are in motion on a network. The processor is cooperatively operable with the sensor The processor is configured to receive the read data from the sensor; and originate real-time map profiles of files and file data, both from the read data from the sensor, as the passively read packets are in motion on the network.
Claims24
A system, comprising:
- a sensor configured to:
- passively read data in packets as the packets are in motion on a network;
- and
- a processor cooperatively operable with the sensor, the processor being a hardware processor, and configured to:
- receive the read data from the sensor;
- and
- originate real-time map profiles of files and file data, both from the read data from the sensor, as the passively read packets are in motion on the network,
- wherein the map profile is a topographical map of locations of the files on the network, and
- wherein the map profile further designates hosts which contain the files, destinations to where the files were transferred, and file directories of the files on the hosts and destinations.
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A method, comprising:
- in a sensor, passively reading data in packets as the packets are in motion on a network;
- in a processor, the processor being a hardware processor, receiving the read data from the sensor;
- and
- originating real-time map profiles of files and file data from the read data, both from the sensor, as the passively read packets are in motion on the network,
- wherein the map profile is a topographical map of locations of the files on the network, and
- wherein the map profile further designates hosts which contain the files, destinations to where the files were transferred, and file directories of the files on the hosts and destinations.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions for performing the steps of:
- passively reading, from a sensor, data in packets as the packets are in motion on a network;
- receiving, in a processor, the read data from the sensor;
- and
- originating real-time map profiles of files and file data, both from the read data from the sensor, as the passively read packets are in motion on the network,
- wherein the map profile is a topographical map of locations of the files on the network, and
- wherein the map profile further designates hosts which contain the files, destinations to where the files were transferred, and file directories of the files on the hosts and destinations.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.