Bryan A Williams

US Patent:

7089428, Aug 8, 2006

Filed:

Apr 27, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/844447

Inventors:

Timothy P. Farley - Atlanta GA, US
John M. Hammer - Norcross GA, US
Bryan Douglas Williams - Lawrenceville GA, US
Philip Charles Brass - Roswell GA, US
George C. Young - Norcross GA, US
Derek John Mezack - Marietta GA, US

Assignee:

Internet Security Systems, Inc. - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

G06F 11/30
G06F 12/14
H04L 9/00
H04L 9/32

US Classification:

713200, 713201

Abstract:

A security management system includes a fusion engine which “fuses” or assembles information from multiple data sources and analyzes this information in order to detect relationships between raw events that may indicate malicious behavior and to provide an organized presentation of information to consoles without slowing down the processing performed by the data sources. The multiple data sources can comprise sensors or detectors that monitor network traffic or individual computers or both. The sensors can comprise devices that may be used in intrusion detection systems (IDS). The data sources can also comprise firewalls, audit systems, and other like security or IDS devices that monitor data traffic in real-time. The present invention can identify relationships between one or more real-time, raw computer events as they are received in real-time. The fusion engine can also assess and rank the risk of real-time raw events as well as mature correlation events.

US Patent:

7921459, Apr 5, 2011

Filed:

Apr 27, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/844448

Inventors:

Gregory Neil Houston - Norcross GA, US
Christian D. Kobsa - Lawrenceville GA, US
Sridhar Embar - Atlanta GA, US
Matthew Thaddeus Di Iorio - Atlanta GA, US
Bryan Douglas Williams - Lawrenceville GA, US
Michael George Nikitaides - Marietta GA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/32

US Classification:

726 22, 726 23, 726 25, 709223, 709225

Abstract:

A computer-implemented system for managing security event data collected from a computing network. The system employs an event managing software module that can reside on a computing network that is being monitored with security devices. The event managing software collects security event data from security devices located in the monitored computing network and can process the security event data. In processing the security event data, the event manager module can format the data and create manageable summaries of the data. The event manager also supports storage of the security event data and the results of any processing performed on the data. Security event data can be identified by the event manager for use in responding to a security event.

US Patent:

8141157, Mar 20, 2012

Filed:

Dec 7, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/632492

Inventors:

Timothy P. Farley - Atlanta GA, US
John M. Hammer - Norcross GA, US
Bryan Douglas Williams - Lawrenceville GA, US
Philip Charles Brass - Roswell GA, US
George C. Young - Norcross GA, US
Derek John Mezack - Marietta GA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

726 24

Abstract:

A security management system includes a fusion engine which “fuses” or assembles information from multiple data sources and analyzes this information in order to detect relationships between raw events that may indicate malicious behavior and to provide an organized presentation of information to consoles without slowing down the processing performed by the data sources. The multiple data sources can comprise sensors or detectors that monitor network traffic or individual computers or both. The sensors can comprise devices that may be used in intrusion detection systems (IDS). The data sources can also comprise firewalls, audit systems, and other like security or IDS devices that monitor data traffic in real-time. The present invention can identify relationships between one or more real-time, raw computer events as they are received in real-time. The fusion engine can also assess and rank the risk of real-time raw events as well as mature correlation events.

US Patent:

20060265746, Nov 23, 2006

Filed:

May 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/432737

Inventors:

Timothy Farley - Atlanta GA, US
John Hammer - Norcross GA, US
Bryan Williams - Lawrenceville GA, US
Philip Brass - Roswell GA, US
George Young - Norcross GA, US
Derek Mezack - Marietta GA, US

Assignee:

Internet Security Systems, Inc. - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 12/14
G06F 11/00
G06F 17/00
G06F 9/00
G06F 12/16
G06F 15/18
G08B 23/00

US Classification:

726022000, 726023000, 726024000, 726025000, 726011000, 726013000

Abstract:

A security management system includes a fusion engine which “fuses” or assembles information from multiple data sources and analyzes this information in order to detect relationships between raw events that may indicate malicious behavior and to provide an organized presentation of information to consoles without slowing down the processing performed by the data sources. The multiple data sources can comprise sensors or detectors that monitor network traffic or individual computers or both. The sensors can comprise devices that may be used in intrusion detection systems (IDS). The data sources can also comprise firewalls, audit systems, and other like security or IDS devices that monitor data traffic in real-time. The present invention can identify relationships between one or more real-time, raw computer events as they are received in real- time. The fusion engine can also assess and rank the risk of real-time raw events as well as mature correlation events.