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Computer Security Intrusion Detection System For Remote, On-Demand Users

  • US 20100011440A1
  • Filed: 09/16/2009
  • Published: 01/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a remote, on-demand computing service environment in which one or more data processing hosts are made available to a remote on-demand user that does not have physical custody and control over said host(s), an intrusion detection system, comprising:

  • means for monitoring resources defined by said on-demand user for intrusion events defined by said on-demand user;

    said monitoring being performed by one or more intrusion detection agents that are run by said one or more data processing hosts, each intrusion detection agent being associated with a single one of said data processing hosts, and each of said data processing hosts that is being monitored running at least one of said intrusion detection agents;

    said user-defined resources including hardware resources, non-network system software resources, non-network, local login system access resources and network access resources;

    said user-defined intrusion events including hardware events, non-network system software events, non-network, local login system access events and network access events;

    means for implementing responses according to event-action rules defined by said on-demand user;

    said user-defined event-action rules including notifying said on-demand user of said user-defined intrusion events; and

    said resources, said intrusion events and said event-action rules being specified by said on-demand user as security criteria to an on-demand service provider implementing said on-demand computing environment;

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