CPC H04L 63/20 (2013.01) [G06F 16/128 (2019.01); G06F 16/2379 (2019.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01); H04L 2101/37 (2022.05); H04L 2463/121 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of dynamically discovering new components of a computer network environment, the method comprising:
determining, by a processing circuit of a data acquisition engine, a domain name associated with an entity profile, the entity profile comprising previously stored device connectivity data for an entity, the device connectivity data comprising the domain name;
determining, by the processing circuit, internet protocol (IP) address data based on the domain name;
determining, by the processing circuit, an IP range based on the IP address data, wherein the IP range comprises an IP address and indicates an internet service provider (ISP) of the IP range;
validating, by the processing circuit, the domain name, the IP range, and the IP address, comprising determining whether the IP address is included in the previously stored device connectivity data;
collecting, by the processing circuit, additional device connectivity data associated with the IP address; and
providing, by the processing circuit, the additional device connectivity data to a security model.
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