Mark A Nicholson

US Patent:

20140173712, Jun 19, 2014

Filed:

Dec 18, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/718189

Inventors:

- Basking Ridge NJ, US
Jeffrey Allen Haltom - Fishers IN, US
Rachel Lee Scarbrough - Plano TX, US
Mark A. Nicholson - Princeton TX, US

Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04L 29/06

US Classification:

726 11

Abstract:

Methods, devices, and storage media storing instructions to obtain logs from a security device and one or multiple service-providing devices, wherein the logs include information pertaining to traffic flow activity at an application layer associated with a service; store rules that identify behavior ranging from unintentional through intentional for one or multiple communication layers including an application layer; interpret the logs based on the rules; determine whether a violation exists based on the interpreting; and generate a notification that indicates the violation exists in response to a determination that the violation exists.