Patents by Inventor Joe B. Boyle

Joe B. Boyle 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).

  • Patent number: 8918883
    Abstract: An enterprise network includes hosts running services. Some of the services have security vulnerabilities. There are one or more threat zones associated with the network. For example, a firewall may create two threat zones, one internal to the firewall and one external to it. A device profiler in the first threat zone profiles the hosts on the network and identifies the vulnerabilities that are present. A device profiler in the second threat zone determines which of the identified vulnerabilities are accessible from its zone. A risk module calculates the risk associated with a vulnerability based on the vulnerability's severity, threat level metrics for the threat zones, and an asset value of the host with the vulnerability. A reporting module prioritizes the vulnerabilities based on their risks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Tripwire, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe B. Boyle, Mark Wittenberg, Yves Perrenoud, Timothy D. Keanini