US Patent 9699261 Monitoring sessions with a session-specific transient agent

A method of monitoring a session on a target system includes receiving from a user client a user request to open a session with the target system. A session-specific transient agent for monitoring the session is installed onto the target system. The session is established between the user and the target system over a communication network. The transient agent monitors the session, collects data of events occurring on the target system during the session. The transient agent is terminated when the session ends.