Patents by Inventor Rob Fry

Rob Fry 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).

  • NETWORK SECURITY SYSTEM WITH REMEDIATION BASED ON VALUE OF ATTACKED ASSETS
    Publication number: 20160248805
    Abstract: A data processing method comprising obtaining a plurality of computer network security threat feeds from two or more computer threat detection systems; based upon computer network attack information in the computer network security threat feeds, determining a threat score that represents a severity of an actual or suspected attack on a particular host in a computer network; obtaining an asset value for the particular host that indicates a worth of the particular host, and updating the threat score based upon the asset value; mapping the updated threat score to one of a plurality of remediation actions, wherein a first remediation action is mapped when the updated threat score is low and a second, different remediation action is mapped when the updated threat score is high; based upon the updated threat score and the mapping, selecting and automatically performing one of the plurality of remediation actions on the particular host; wherein the method is performed by one or more special-purpose computing devices
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: WILLIAM D. BURNS, ROB FRY
  • Network security system with remediation based on value of attacked assets
    Patent number: 9338181
    Abstract: A data processing method comprising obtaining a plurality of computer network security threat feeds from two or more computer threat detection systems; based upon computer network attack information in the computer network security threat feeds, determining a threat score that represents a severity of an actual or suspected attack on a particular host in a computer network; obtaining an asset value for the particular host that indicates a worth of the particular host, and updating the threat score based upon the asset value; mapping the updated threat score to one of a plurality of remediation actions, wherein a first remediation action is mapped when the updated threat score is low and a second, different remediation action is mapped when the updated threat score is high; based upon the updated threat score and the mapping, selecting and automatically performing one of the plurality of remediation actions on the particular host; wherein the method is performed by one or more special-purpose computing devices
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Netflix, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Burns, Rob Fry