Patents by Inventor Francis E. Gerard

Francis E. Gerard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Analysis and mitigation of network security risks
    Patent number: 11949702
    Abstract: A method comprises acquiring anomaly data including a plurality of anomalies detected from streaming data, wherein each of the anomalies relates to an entity on or associated with a computer network. The method determines a risk score of each of the anomalies, and adjusts the risk score of an anomaly according to a set of factors. The method further determines, for each of a plurality of sliding time windows of different lengths, an entity score of the entity in relation to the sliding time window, based on an aggregation of risk scores of all anomalies related to the entity that were detected within the sliding time window, where the entity score corresponds to a risk level associated with the entity. An action to prevent the entity from performing an operation can be determined and caused to occur based on the entity score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SPLUNK INC.
    Inventors: Sumit Singh Bagga, Francis E. Gerard, Robin Jinyang Hu, Marios Iliofotou, J. Evan Jordan, Amarendra Pendala, Sourabh Satish
  • Cybersecurity risk analysis and mitigation
    Patent number: 11552974
    Abstract: A method comprises acquiring anomaly data including a plurality of anomalies detected from streaming data, wherein each of the anomalies relates to an entity on or associated with a computer network. The method determines a risk score of each of the anomalies, and adjusts the risk score of an anomaly according to a set of factors. The method further determines, for each of a plurality of sliding time windows of different lengths, an entity score of the entity in relation to the sliding time window, based on an aggregation of risk scores of all anomalies related to the entity that were detected within the sliding time window, where the entity score corresponds to a risk level associated with the entity. An action to prevent the entity from performing an operation can be determined and caused to occur based on the entity score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SPLUNK INC.
    Inventors: Sumit Singh Bagga, Francis E. Gerard, Robin Jinyang Hu, Marios Iliofotou, J. Evan Jordan, Amarendra Pendala, Sourabh Satish