Method and apparatus for computer network security

a computer network and network security technology, applied in the field of information technology, can solve the problems of inability to share the credentials used in wireless access point authentication with other applications running in the enterprise, cumbersome user typing the same password at multiple sites, and out of date information, so as to improve the security of the computer network

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-02-21
IBM CORP
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[0008]One or more embodiments of the invention may provide one or more beneficial technical effects, such as, for example, providing an approach which obviates the need for a user to remember an explicit password and user-ID, but still allows a user to access distributed applications of a network that implements existing security authentication mechanisms. Also, one or more embodiments of the invention may provide the beneficial effect of notifying owners of assets in an enterprise which are disconnected from the enterprise network due to security or other policy violations via non-network mechanisms so that the owners are aware of the assets being disconnected.

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However, since several sites may require such a password protection, it is cumbersome for the user to type the same password at multiple sites.
Currently, the credentials used in the wireless access point authentication cannot be shared with other applications running in the enterprise.
Also, such solutions generally have out of date information, or use mechanisms that are not accessible when the machine is disconnected.

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[0014]Computer networks typically contain several types of data; exemplary embodiments of the invention deal with two types of data, namely, “operational data” and “enterprise data.” Operational data may be defined as data that is generated during the normal course of operation of a computer network. Operational data may also be defined as data that is generated by systems and applications during the normal course of their operation. Examples of operational data include logs generated by network access devices, logs generated by network applications, fields such as identity of remote connections maintained during the operation of network protocols, and the like. Enterprise data may be defined as data that is maintained for user-accounting, billing, record-keeping and other administrative aspects of an enterprise. Enterprise data may also be defined as information that is available within an enterprise and / or user which provides records about aspects of a user which are independent o...

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Techniques are provided for computer network security. The techniques include obtaining operational data for at least a first networked application; obtaining enterprise data for at least a second networked application; correlating the operational data with the enterprise data to obtain correlated data; and using the correlated data to improve security of the computer network.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001]The present invention generally relates to information technology, and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for computer network security.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002]In current enterprises and systems, each user has many user-names and passwords. Single sign-on systems are currently developed and deployed which require the user to know only a single user-ID and password to access the enterprise systems. However, since several sites may require such a password protection, it is cumbersome for the user to type the same password at multiple sites.[0003]The current state of the art for enabling users to access the network typically requires the use of an access-point for the user laptop to connect to the enterprise network. The access point could be the wireless access point if the user is accessing a local 802.1x network of the user, a virtual private network (VPN) gateway if the user is dialing into the VPN server of an enterprise, the first...

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IPC IPC(8): H04N7/16
CPCH04L63/0815H04L63/1425H04L63/0876
InventorREUMANN, JOHNVERMA, DINESH C.
OwnerIBM CORP