Out-of-band change detection
First Claim
1. An automated method for facilitating management of a data processing environment comprising:
- creating, by a computer system, a first digital record of one or more changes detected on a data processing device of the data processing environment;
comparing, by the computer system, the first digital record to a second digital record of one or more in-band changes that were intended to have been made to the data processing device, the in-band changes comprising changes which were known by a change agent; and
detecting, by the computer system, one or more out-of-band changes to the data processing device which were not known by the change agent, the detecting based at least in part on the comparing the first and second digital records.
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Abstract
An automated method for facilitating management of a data processing environment is disclosed. In various embodiments, the method may include facilitating creation of a first memorialization, in digital form, of one or more changes detected on a data processing device of the data processing environment. In various embodiments, the method may further included facilitating comparison of the first memorialization to a second memorialization of one or more in-band changes that should have been made to the data processing device to facilitate detection of one or more out-of-band changes to the data processing device. Other embodiments of the present invention may include, but are not limited to, apparatus adapted to facilitate practice of the above-described method.
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1. An automated method for facilitating management of a data processing environment comprising:
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creating, by a computer system, a first digital record of one or more changes detected on a data processing device of the data processing environment; comparing, by the computer system, the first digital record to a second digital record of one or more in-band changes that were intended to have been made to the data processing device, the in-band changes comprising changes which were known by a change agent; and detecting, by the computer system, one or more out-of-band changes to the data processing device which were not known by the change agent, the detecting based at least in part on the comparing the first and second digital records. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus Comprising:
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a storage device having stored therein instructions that, when executed on a computer processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising; creating a first digital record of one or more changes detected on a data processing device; and comparing the first digital record to a second digital record of one or more in-band changes that were intended to have been made to the data processing device, the in-band changes comprising changes which were known by a change agent; detecting one or more out-of-band changes to the data processing device which were not known by the change agent, the detecting based at least in part on the comparing the first and second digital records. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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