Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sharing network security threat information using a blockchain network
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Application No.: US15728208Application Date: 2017-10-09
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Publication No.: US10735203B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: K. Tirumaleswar Reddy , Prashanth Patil , Puneeth Rao Lokapalli , Carlos M. Pignataro
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
- Main IPC: H04L9/32
- IPC: H04L9/32 ; H04L9/06 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
In an example embodiment, a validating peer of a plurality of validating peers in a blockchain network receives, from a non-validating peer, a request to create a root block of a blockchain. The root block includes information related to a potential computer security threat. The validating peer creates the root block with a root block pending validation status. The validating peer shares, with other validating peers of the plurality of validating peers, a notification of the root block with the root block pending validation status to provide an indication of the information. The validating peer determines whether the information is authentic. If the information is determined to be authentic, the validating peer changes the root block pending validation status to a root block authenticated validation status and shares, with the other validating peers, a notification of the root block authenticated validation status to indicate that the information is authentic.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190109717A1 SHARING NETWORK SECURITY THREAT INFORMATION USING A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK Public/Granted day:2019-04-11
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