Mandiant, Inc.
Timeout management services

Abstract:

A scalable, threat detection system features computing nodes including a first computing node and a second computing node operating as a cluster. Each computing node features an analysis coordinator and an object analyzer. The analysis coordinator is configured to conduct an analysis of metadata associated with a suspicious object that is to be analyzed for malware, where the metadata being received from a remotely located network device and to store a portion of the metadata within a data store. The object analyzer is configured to retrieve the portion of the metadata from the data store, monitor a duration of retention of the metadata in the data store, and determine whether a timeout event has occurred for the object associated with the metadata based on retention of the metadata within the data store that exceeds a timeout value included as part of the metadata associated with the suspicious object for malware.