Patents by Inventor Ling Clarke

Ling Clarke 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).

  • Learning network topology and monitoring compliance with security goals
    Patent number: 10841279
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring compliance with security goals by a network or part thereof are provided. According to one embodiment, a topology of a network segment of a private network is discovered by a network security device associated with the private network. Security policies implemented by one or more network security devices that form part of the network segment are learned by the network security device. Compliance with a security goal associated with the network segment is then determined by the network security device by: (i) analyzing traffic passing through the network segment; (ii) analyzing respective system configurations of the one or more network security devices; and (iii) evaluating performance of the security policies based on the traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Xie, Robert A. May, Ling Clarke
  • LEARNING NETWORK TOPOLOGY AND MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITY GOALS
    Publication number: 20180324218
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring compliance with security goals by a network or part thereof are provided. According to one embodiment, a topology of a network segment of a private network is discovered by a network security device associated with the private network. Security policies implemented by one or more network security devices that form part of the network segment are learned by the network security device. Compliance with a security goal associated with the network segment is then determined by the network security device by: (i) analyzing traffic passing through the network segment; (ii) analyzing respective system configurations of the one or more network security devices; and (iii) evaluating performance of the security policies based on the traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Xie, Robert A. May, Ling Clarke