US 12,407,709 B2
Method for assurance and monitoring of continuous active security data availability
Saleh Mohammed Alghamdi, Dhahran (SA); Hussam Hamoud Alotaibi, Khobar (SA); Faisal Abdulaziz Almansour, Dammam (SA); and Amjad Almuzayen, Dammam (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/058,582.
Prior Publication US 2024/0171601 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/1433 (2013.01) [H04L 63/1425 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
obtaining cybersecurity data from a data repository and configuration data from a configuration management database;
generating, by a computer processor, a list of a plurality of commissioned network elements and a plurality of decommissioned network elements based on the configuration data;
determining, by the computer processor, whether each network element from a plurality of network elements is an active network element based on the generated lists;
updating, by the computer processor and based on the determination, the configuration management database with information on the plurality of the commissioned network elements, information on the plurality of the decommissioned network elements, and information on a plurality of active network elements;
determining, by the computer processor, whether each of the plurality of the active network elements satisfies an activity requirement of its activity group based on the activity of the plurality of the active network elements; and
generating, by the computer processor, an alert for each of the plurality of the active network elements not satisfying the activity requirement based on the activity of the plurality of the active network elements.