IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

摘要

An approach for user identity management in a virtualized/networked (e.g., cloud) computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, historical command usage within a server environment is analyzed to determine the characteristics of the commands being run against a cloud resource to determine with a confidence rating the likelihood the commands are being executed by a certain user. Such an approach allows for more efficient user identity management in order to optimize cloud security and system administration.

主权项

1. A method for identifying an unknown user in a networked computing environment, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
receiving a set of commands entered by the unknown user, the set of commands having a command name and a set of command options; determining a user style of the unknown user based on an analysis of the set of commands, including detecting a pattern within the set of command options; performing a matching operation between the user style of the unknown user and a set of profiles of known users, wherein each profile includes a user style associated with each respective known user; and terminating, in response to the matching operation not providing a matching user, an access of the unknown user to the networked computing environment.