US 2019/0245871 A1 · NETWORK DEVICE OWNER IDENTIFICATION AND COMMUNICATION TRIGGERING SYSTEM

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for network device owner identification and communication triggering. In particular, the system may monitor a plurality of systems of record associated with network of devices and/or individual network components. A primary user for each of these network components is identified, either through a known association in the systems of record or from analysis of records of network traffic associated with each network component. The primary user is recorded for each network component. In the event a vulnerability of a network component is identified, information about the network vulnerability is identified, aggregated with other information about the network component and potential remediation procedures, and compiled as a vulnerability notification. In response to the vulnerability, the system is automatically triggered to transmit the vulnerability notification to the primary user.

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Dependent claims

A system for network component owner identification and communication triggering, the system comprising:

a memory device;
and
one or more processing devices operatively coupled to the memory device, wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to execute computer-readable program code to:
monitor a plurality of systems of record associated with a network of devices;
identify, from the monitored plurality of systems of record, a primary user of a network component;
record a linkage between the primary user, communication information for the primary user, and the network component in an ownership database;
determine that a vulnerability of the network component is occurring;
and
in response to determining that the vulnerability of the network component is occurring, automatically transmit a notification of the vulnerability to a computing device of the primary user.

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A computer program product for network component owner identification and communication triggering, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions for:

monitoring a plurality of systems of record associated with a network of devices;
identifying, from the monitored plurality of systems of record, a primary user of a network component;
recording a linkage between the primary user, communication information for the primary user, and the network component in an ownership database;
determining that a vulnerability of the network component is occurring;
and
in response to determining that the vulnerability of the network component is occurring, automatically transmitting a notification of the vulnerability to a computing device of the primary user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Network device owner identification and communication triggering system

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