• Use case: Human Error remediation

    Human Error Remediation – Operator disables firewall on an instance, virtual machine or server. Description: this use case describes how the platform can identify and fix a human error which, in this case, is the action of disabling the firewall on an instance. Scenario: during daily activities an operator disables by error the firewall configured…

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    Other use cases coming up:

    • Anti-DDoS
    • Automatic pause of non-critical service when under attack
    • Define Alert Levels for the infrastructure

  • Use case: Block attacking IP

    Description: a typical attack case which may occur against many different types of protocols (SSH, HTTP, FTP, etc) consisting on unwanted or not authorized accesses logged by the O.S. or by a service or an application. The common factor in this attack is the frequency and the status of the requests coming from the attacker….

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    Other use cases coming up:

    • Anti-DDoS
    • Automatic pause of non-critical service when under attack
    • Define Alert Levels for the infrastructure

  • Use case: Alert disk full and automatic cleanup

    Description: A service installed on an instance has its own settings regarding disk space management and generates a log line when the configured threshold is reached. It is important to receive and manage this type of event in the shortest time possible, also intervening with mitigation actions (for e.g. running a cleanup process). Scenario: during…

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    Other use cases coming up:

    • Anti-DDoS
    • Automatic pause of non-critical service when under attack
    • Define Alert Levels for the infrastructure

  • Use case: Alert for high number of network connections

    Description: this condition may be caused by a variety of different reasons and may disrrupt of one or more services. An abnormal number of connections to a service may happen for different reasons, all of which require a quick response: In all cases corrective actions must be taken to avoid the problem, and the first…

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    Other use cases coming up:

    • Anti-DDoS
    • Automatic pause of non-critical service when under attack
    • Define Alert Levels for the infrastructure

  • Use case: Spammer attack on mail server

    Description: when the email password credentials are leaked from a mail server, an attacker may use that system to send millions of spam emails. The impact is on the reputation of the mail system which is reported in the global anti-spam engines (blacklists), after sending out a certain number of spam emails. We want to…

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    Other use cases coming up:

    • Anti-DDoS
    • Automatic pause of non-critical service when under attack
    • Define Alert Levels for the infrastructure