US 11,757,718 B2
Providing secure data replication among nodes of a hierarchical multitenant security orchestration and automated response (SOAR) architecture
Abhishek Narula, Pune (IN); Alok Agarwal, Pune (IN); Pooja Singh, Pune (IN); and Satish Mishra, Pune (IN)
Assigned to Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/567,115.
Application 17/567,115 is a continuation of application No. 17/139,628, filed on Dec. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,240,110.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210018 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/18 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 41/5061 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0893 (2013.01) [H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/18 (2013.01); H04L 41/5064 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling data flow propagation within a hierarchy of a plurality of Secure Orchestration and Automated Response (SOAR) nodes, the method comprising:
determining, by a processing resource of a given SOAR node, an existence of a parent tier in the hierarchy of the plurality of SOAR nodes immediately above the given SOAR node in the hierarchy;
upon determining the existence of the parent tier in the hierarchy of the plurality of SOAR nodes immediately above the given SOAR node in the hierarchy, setting, by the processing resource of the given SOAR node, a parent-tenant identifier of a record to a tenant identifier of a parent SOAR node of the plurality of SOAR nodes associated with the parent tier, wherein the tenant identifier of the parent SOAR node uniquely identifies the parent SOAR node within a deployment of the plurality of SOAR nodes; and
updating, by the processing resource of the given SOAR node, at least the parent-tenant identifier of the record within a set of propagation rules for the given SOAR node relating to permissibility of propagation of the record within the hierarchy of the plurality of SOAR nodes.