Patents by Inventor Sheldon E. Malm

Sheldon E. Malm 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).

  • Methods and systems for improved risk scoring of vulnerabilities
    Patent number: 9411965
    Abstract: A security tool can identify vulnerabilities in a computing system and determine a risk level of the vulnerabilities based on base and optional CVSS vectors and additional factors that represent the evolving nature of vulnerabilities. Likewise, the security tool can determine an overall risk for vulnerabilities, an asset, and/or a collection of assets that encompasses a global view of an asset's risk and/or collection of assets' risk, business considerations of an entity that own and controls the asset and/or the collection of assets, and the entity's associations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Rapid7 LLC
    Inventors: Anastasios Giakouminakis, Sheldon E Malm, Chad Loder, Richard D Li
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED RISK SCORING OF VULNERABILITIES
    Publication number: 20160012236
    Abstract: A security tool can identify vulnerabilities in a computing system and determine a risk level of the vulnerabilities based on base and optional CVSS vectors and additional factors that represent the evolving nature of vulnerabilities. Likewise, the security tool can determine an overall risk for vulnerabilities, an asset, and/or a collection of assets that encompasses a global view of an asset's risk and/or collection of assets' risk, business considerations of an entity that own and controls the asset and/or the collection of assets, and the entity's associations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Anastasios Giakouminakis, Sheldon E. Malm, Chad Loder, Richard D. Li
  • Methods and systems for improved risk scoring of vulnerabilities
    Patent number: 9141805
    Abstract: A security tool can identify vulnerabilities in a computing system and determine a risk level of the vulnerabilities based on base and optional CVSS vectors and additional factors that represent the evolving nature of vulnerabilities. Likewise, the security tool can determine an overall risk for vulnerabilities, an asset, and/or a collection of assets that encompasses a global view of an asset's risk and/or collection of assets' risk, business considerations of an entity that own and controls the asset and/or the collection of assets, and the entity's associations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: RAPID7 LLC
    Inventors: Anastasios Giakouminakis, Sheldon E. Malm, Chad Loder, Richard D. Li
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED RISK SCORING OF VULNERABILITIES
    Publication number: 20130074188
    Abstract: A security tool can identify vulnerabilities in a computing system and determine a risk level of the vulnerabilities based on base and optional CVSS vectors and additional factors that represent the evolving nature of vulnerabilities. Likewise, the security tool can determine an overall risk for vulnerabilities, an asset, and/or a collection of assets that encompasses a global view of an asset's risk and/or collection of assets' risk, business considerations of an entity that own and controls the asset and/or the collection of assets, and the entity's associations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Anastasios Giakouminakis, Sheldon E. Malm, Chad Loder, Richard D. Li