Method and computer program product for monitoring an industrial network
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1. 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.
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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.
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1. 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.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 43, 44, 47, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56)
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22. A computer program product for monitoring an industrial network comprising code that:
reports 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.- View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 48, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58)
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