US 12,438,902 B2
Event-driven monitoring of resources in a cloud computing environment
Dylan Martin, Belfast (GB); Austin Lee, Pasadena, CA (US); Trever Allen McKee, Shafter, CA (US); James Andrew Green, Hidden Hills, CA (US); and Chris DeRamus, Ashburn, VA (US)
Assigned to Rapid7, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Rapid7, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/488,808.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/460,576, filed on Apr. 19, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/423,890, filed on Nov. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0152609 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 47/70 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/1433 (2013.01) [G06F 21/554 (2013.01); H04L 47/82 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for event driven harvesting of data in one or more cloud computing environments, the method comprising:
using at least one computer hardware processor to perform:
obtaining, from a first cloud computing environment, first data related to a first event that occurred in the first cloud computing environment, the first event relating to a first resource in the first cloud computing environment, the first data including a first identifier for the first event;
in response to obtaining the first data,
requesting, from an application programming interface (API) of the first cloud computing environment and using the first identifier, first supplemental data about the first event, the first supplemental data including supplemental information about the first event and/or information about impact of the first event on the first resource;
determining whether a security action is to be taken at least in part by analyzing the first data and/or the first supplemental data; and
when it is determined a security action is to be taken, performing the security action.