CPC H04L 63/1425 (2013.01) [H04L 63/1433 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method for application endpoint validation and securement, comprising:
detecting an application endpoint on a resource already deployed in a computing environment;
generating in a security database: a representation of the application endpoint, and a representation of the resource, wherein the security database includes a representation of the computing environment;
determining the existence of at least one already existing network path between the resource and an external network, the network path including the application endpoint and a reachability parameter;
initiating active inspection of the application endpoint over the network path; and
initiating a mitigation action in the computing environment in response to determining through active inspection that the application endpoint is exposed to the external network.
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