CyberArk Software Ltd.
Investigating and securing communications with applications having unknown attributes

Abstract:

Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for analyzing data communication attributes of the target application without requiring preexisting knowledge of the data communication attributes. Techniques include implementing a training phase with respect to the target application comprising: identifying a training data element to be transmitted from an interface application to a target application through an intermediary agent, receiving a training electronic communication from the interface application containing the training data element, and analyzing one or more structural attributes of the training electronic communication; and implementing a runtime phase with respect to the target application comprising: receiving a runtime electronic communication transmitted from the interface application, identifying, based on the one or more structural attributes analyzed during the training phase, a corresponding one or more structural attributes of the runtime electronic communication, and implementing a control operation for the runtime electronic communication.