18972110. TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING COMPRISED SENSORS IN VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENTS (Cisco Technology, Inc.)

TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING COMPRISED SENSORS IN VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENTS

Organization Name

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor(s)

Navindra Yadav of Cupertino CA US

Abhishek Ranjan Singh of Pleasanton CA US

Anubhav Gupta of Fremont CA US

Shashidhar Gandham of Fremont CA US

Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang of Sunnyvale CA US

Shih-Chun Chang of San Jose CA US

Hai Trong Vu of San Jose CA US

TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING COMPRISED SENSORS IN VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENTS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18972110 titled 'TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING COMPRISED SENSORS IN VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENTS

Original Abstract Submitted

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing compromised sensors in multi-tiered virtualized environments. In some embodiments, a system can receive, from a first capturing agent deployed in a virtualization layer of a first device, data reports generated based on traffic captured by the first capturing agent. The system can also receive, from a second capturing agent deployed in a hardware layer of a second device, data reports generated based on traffic captured by the second capturing agent. Based on the data reports, the system can determine characteristics of the traffic captured by the first capturing agent and the second capturing agent. The system can then compare the characteristics to determine a multi-layer difference in traffic characteristics. Based on the multi-layer difference in traffic characteristics, the system can determine that the first capturing agent or the second capturing agent is in a faulty state.