SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPILING A LIST OF VIRTUAL MACHINES INDICATING THE PROTECTION STATUS Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC G06F21/53 G06F9/54 

FIELD: computing technology.

SUBSTANCE: disclosed is a method for compiling a list of virtual machines indicating the protection status, consisting of stages of: a) using all protection virtual machines, compiling a list of hypervisors; b) using each protection virtual machine, compiling a list of virtual machines indicating the protection status, wherein the list comprises the virtual machines run under control of the same hypervisor as the current protection virtual machine, as well as virtual machines run under control of the subsequent hypervisors in accordance with the compiled list of hypervisors controlling no protection virtual machines; c) using the virtual machine security control server, compiling a list of virtual machines indicating the protection status based on the lists compiled by each protection virtual machine.

EFFECT: increase in the level of security in virtual infrastructures due to the provided faster and less resource-consuming compilation of a list of virtual machines indicating the protection status.

6 cl, 4 dwg