US 7,246,156 B2Granted

Method and computer program product for monitoring an industrial network

AssigneeIndustrial Defender, Inc.

InventorsAndrew Ginter, Kegan Kawano, Tom Hutchinson, Rui Manuel Martins Lopes, Erik P. Hope, Brad McMillan, Adam Muegge, Andy G. Mah, Brett Jensen

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Abstract

Described are techniques used in monitoring the performance, security and health of a system used in an industrial application. Agents included in the industrial network report data to an appliance or server. The appliance stores the data and determines when an alarm condition has occurred. Notifications are sent upon detecting an alarm condition. The alarm thresholds may be user defined. A threat thermostat controller determines a threat level used to control the connectivity of a network used in the industrial application.

Claims58

Dependent claims

A method for monitoring an industrial network comprising:

reporting first data about a first computer system by a first agent executing on said first computer system in said industrial network, said first computer system performing at least one of:
monitoring or controlling a physical process of said industrial network, said first data including information about software used in connection with said physical process, wherein said agent sends said first data over a one way communication connection, wherein said one way communication connection is one way with respect to communications from said first agent reporting said first data at an application level, and wherein two-way communications at a network level lower than said application level are used to set up said one-way communication connection.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/815,222Filed 31 Mar 2004 · us provisional application
Priority: 9 Jun 2003
Published: US 2005/0015624 A120 Jan 2005
Granted: 17 Jul 2007
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04L 63/0263
Filtering policies: rule management
G06F 21/55
Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems: detecting local…
G06F 21/552
Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures: involving long-term monitoring or reporting
G06F 21/577
Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates…:…