Creating timeline views of information technology event investigations
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- causing display of a timeline view of events in an information technology security investigation;
inserting into the timeline view, one or more user-selected events that contain data that reflects activity in an information technology environment, wherein each user-selected event is positioned on the timeline according to a timestamp associated with the event, wherein each user-selected event is represented on the timeline by a graphical indicator;
inserting into the timeline view, one or more user-selected investigative events reflecting investigative activity performed in association with a security investigation of one or more of the user-selected events, wherein each user-selected investigative event is represented on the timeline by a graphical indicator.
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Abstract
Techniques and mechanisms are disclosed that enable network security analysts and other users to efficiently conduct network security investigations and to produce useful representations of investigation results. As used herein, a network security investigation generally refers to an analysis by an analyst (or team of analysts) of one or more detected network events that may pose internal and/or external threats to a computer network under management. A network security application provides various interfaces that enable users to create investigation timelines, where the investigation timelines display a collection of events related to a particular network security investigation. A network security application further provides functionality to monitor and log user interactions with the network security application, where particular logged user interactions may also be added to one or more investigation timelines.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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causing display of a timeline view of events in an information technology security investigation; inserting into the timeline view, one or more user-selected events that contain data that reflects activity in an information technology environment, wherein each user-selected event is positioned on the timeline according to a timestamp associated with the event, wherein each user-selected event is represented on the timeline by a graphical indicator; inserting into the timeline view, one or more user-selected investigative events reflecting investigative activity performed in association with a security investigation of one or more of the user-selected events, wherein each user-selected investigative event is represented on the timeline by a graphical indicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, storing instructions, which when executed by one or more processors cause performance of:
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causing display of a timeline view of events in an information technology security investigation; inserting into the timeline view, one or more user-selected events that contain data that reflects activity in an information technology environment, wherein each user-selected event is positioned on the timeline according to a timestamp associated with the event, wherein each user-selected event is represented on the timeline by a graphical indicator; inserting into the timeline view, one or more user-selected investigative events reflecting investigative activity performed in association with a security investigation of one or more of the user-selected events, wherein each user-selected investigative event is represented on the timeline by a graphical indicator. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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a display formatter device, implemented at least partially in hardware, that causes display of a timeline view of events in an information technology security investigation; wherein the display formatter device inserts into the timeline view, one or more user-selected events that contain data that reflects activity in an information technology environment, wherein each user-selected event is positioned on the timeline according to a timestamp associated with the event, wherein each user-selected event is represented on the timeline by a graphical indicator; wherein the display formatter device inserts into the timeline view, one or more user-selected investigative events reflecting investigative activity performed in association with a security investigation of one or more of the user-selected events, wherein each user-selected investigative event is represented on the timeline by a graphical indicator. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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