Invalidating network devices with illicit peripherals

An apparatus for validating devices in a network, the apparatus comprising:

• a network interface configured to receive network data from one or more devices interacting with another device in a network, wherein the network data is generated and sent to the server by the one or more devices as part of network interaction;
• a monitoring module executable by a processor to passively monitor the data received from the one or more devices, wherein passive monitoring does not require the one or more devices to execute instructions specifically for validation;
• and
• an analysis engine in communication with the monitoring module, the analysis engine executable by a processor to:
• determine that a device from the one or more devices does not adhere to one or more rules associated with the network interaction based on an evaluation of the network data, and
• invalidating the device for further network interaction based on use of an illicit peripheral as indicated by device status data.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a computer to perform a method for validating devices in a network, the method comprising:

• receiving data from one or more devices interacting with another device in a network, wherein the data is generated and sent to a server by the one or more devices as part of network interaction;
• passively monitoring the data received from the one or more devices, wherein passive monitoring does not require the one or more devices to execute instructions specifically for validation;
• determining that a device from the one or more devices does not adhere to one or more rules associated with the network interaction based on an evaluation of the received data;
• querying the device for device status data, the device status data including information regarding any peripherals associated with the device;
• and
• invalidating the device for further network interaction based on the use of an illicit peripheral as indicated by the device status data.