US 12,238,014 B2
Identifying unmanaged cloud resources with endpoint and network logs
Blake Harrell Anderson, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Andrew Chi, Chapel Hill, NC (US); David Arthur McGrew, Poolesville, MD (US); and Saran Singh Ahluwalia, Apex, NC (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/404,403.
Application 18/404,403 is a continuation of application No. 17/390,319, filed on Jul. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,888,760.
Prior Publication US 2024/0297852 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 47/70 (2022.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04L 43/08 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/82 (2013.01) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
collecting, by an electronic device, first data with respect to traffic in a computer network;
based at least in part on the first data, extracting, by the electronic device, relationships related to the traffic;
applying rules to the relationships to extract destinations in the computer network that provide enterprise-owned resources in a cloud environment, wherein the enterprise-owned resources are cloud resources comprising at least one of computing instances or storage buckets located within the cloud environment and are owned by an enterprise; and
identifying, by the electronic device, (i) one or more users that are accessing the enterprise-owned resources or (ii) one or more business entities accessing the enterprise-owned resources.