Brent S Whitmore

US Patent:

7991827, Aug 2, 2011

Filed:

Nov 13, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/294363

Inventors:

Brent S Whitmore - York PA, US
William J. La Cholter - Washington DC, US
Geoff Lawler - Baltimore MD, US

Assignee:

McAfee, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203, 709220, 709223, 707999001, 707999002, 707999004, 70799901

Abstract:

A system, method and computer program product are provided for analyzing network traffic associated with network services. Initially, network traffic and metadata are collected from a network. Thereafter, the network traffic is analyzed utilizing the metadata.

US Patent:

8631124, Jan 14, 2014

Filed:

Jun 27, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/169153

Inventors:

Brent S Whitmore - York PA, US
William J. La Cholter - Washington DC, US
Geoff Lawler - Baltimore MD, US

Assignee:

McAfee, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 15/173
H04L 29/08

US Classification:

709224, 709201, 709202, 709203, 709216, 709217, 709218, 709219, 709220, 709221, 709222, 709223, 709225, 709232, 713151, 713153, 713154, 713187, 713188, 713200, 713201, 726 22, 726 23, 726 24, 726 25, 726 26, 726 30, 714 15, 707999001, 707999002, 707999004, 70799901, 370241, 370253, 370224, 370231, 370252, 370400

Abstract:

A system, method and computer program product are provided for analyzing network traffic associated with network services. Initially, network traffic and metadata are collected from a network. Thereafter, the network traffic is analyzed utilizing the metadata.

US Patent:

20020138726, Sep 26, 2002

Filed:

May 22, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/863145

Inventors:

David Sames - Woodbine MD, US
Brent Whitmore - York PA, US
Brian Niebuhr - Columbia MD, US
Gregg Tally - Ellicott City MD, US

International Classification:

H04L009/00

US Classification:

713/166000

Abstract:

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for managing security policies in a distributed computing system. Security policies include, but are not limited to, a firewall policy, a policy for file access, a policy for application access, a policy for an encryption algorithm, a policy for audit trails, and a policy for activity logging. These security policies determine access rights to a computer application. The system operates by creating multiple security policies with individual security policies specifying a differing level of security for the distributed computing system. These security policies are then distributed to each computer in the distributed computing system. Next, a specific security policy is selected for use across the distributed computing system, and each computer in the distributed computing system is directed to use the specified security policy enforcing a selected security posture.