US Patent 9998483 Service assurance and security of computing systems using fingerprinting

Providing detection of computing application malfunctions by performing at least the following: collecting a plurality of computing events that correspond to a computing application and a plurality of addresses associated with the plurality of computing events, generating an event trace that comprises the plurality of computing events and the plurality of addresses, constructing at least one sample fingerprint that represents a current behavior of the computing application using at least the event trace, comparing the at least one sample fingerprint with a behavior model that represents an expected operation of the computing application; and determining whether the computing application is malfunctioning based upon the comparison of the at least one sample fingerprint and the behavioral model.