Patents by Inventor Sridhar Jayanthi

Sridhar Jayanthi 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).

  • System and method for transitioning to a whitelist mode during a malware attack in a network environment
    Patent number: 8646089
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes receiving a signal to enable a whitelist mode on a host in a network, terminating a process executing on the host if the process is not verified, and blocking execution of software objects on the host if the software objects are not represented on the whitelist. In more particular embodiments, the method also includes identifying the process on a process list that enumerates one or more processes executing on the host. Yet further embodiments include quarantining the host if a second process on the process list is a critical process and if the second process is not verified. More specific embodiments include identifying and restarting another process on the process list if process memory was modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Sridhar Jayanthi, Praneet Khare, Gangadharasa Srinivasa
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSITIONING TO A WHITELIST MODE DURING A MALWARE ATTACK IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20130097708
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes receiving a signal to enable a whitelist mode on a host in a network, terminating a process executing on the host if the process is not verified, and blocking execution of software objects on the host if the software objects are not represented on the whitelist. In more particular embodiments, the method also includes identifying the process on a process list that enumerates one or more processes executing on the host. Yet further embodiments include quarantining the host if a second process on the process list is a critical process and if the second process is not verified. More specific embodiments include identifying and restarting another process on the process list if process memory was modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Sridhar Jayanthi, Praneet Khare, Gangadharasa Srinivasa