{
  "patent_number": "US 12739266",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Monitoring Cloud Files for Changes Without Installing Software",
  "original_title": "Agentless file integrity monitoring for data managed by a cloud-based filesystem service",
  "summary": "This patent describes a method for checking if files stored in a cloud environment have been changed, by looking at logs from the cloud service instead of installing special software on the cloud servers.",
  "what_it_does": "The patent outlines a system that performs security monitoring in cloud computing environments, especially those without installed monitoring software, known as agentless environments. It works by first identifying a specific file in the cloud that needs monitoring. This file is managed by a cloud-based filesystem service. The system then accesses log data generated by that cloud-based filesystem service, which records any changes to the designated file. Based on this log data, the system performs a file integrity monitoring operation to detect unauthorized modifications. The results of this monitoring are then used to enhance the overall security monitoring of the cloud environment.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover monitoring files stored on traditional, on-premise servers that are not part of a cloud-based filesystem service.",
    "Does not cover file integrity monitoring systems that require installing a software agent directly onto the compute environment being monitored.",
    "Does not cover monitoring changes to data that is not managed by a cloud-based filesystem service, such as data directly within a cloud database service.",
    "Does not cover file integrity monitoring methods that do not rely on accessing log data produced by the cloud-based filesystem service.",
    "Does not cover detecting file changes if the cloud-based filesystem service itself does not produce relevant log data."
  ],
  "filed": "2023-07-28",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "software",
    "cloud_computing",
    "cybersecurity",
    "telecommunications"
  ],
  "abstract": "Data platforms described herein are configured to perform security monitoring of cloud compute environments, including agentless compute environments or compute environments that include certain agentless assets. For example, an illustrative data platform may identify a designated file for file integrity monitoring, the designated file stored in the cloud compute environment and managed by a cloud-based filesystem service. The data platform may access log data that is produced by the cloud-based filesystem service and that indicates a change to the designated file. Based on this log data, the data platform may perform a file integrity monitoring operation with respect to the designated file, and may apply a product of that file integrity monitoring operation to the security monitoring of the cloud compute environment that is being performed. Corresponding methods, systems, and products are also disclosed.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12739266/agentless-file-integrity-monitoring-for-data-managed-by-a-cloud-based",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12739266/agentless-file-integrity-monitoring-for-data-managed-by-a-cloud-based/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12739266",
  "relatedPatents": []
}