Patents by Inventor Stefan Schwoon

Stefan Schwoon 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).

  • Analyzing access control configurations
    Patent number: 9213843
    Abstract: A facility is described for analyzing access control configurations. In various embodiments, the facility comprises an operating system having resources and identifications of principals, the principals having access control privileges relating to the resources, the access control privileges described by access control metadata; an access control scanner component that receives the access control metadata, determines relationships between principals and resources, and emits access control relations information; and an access control inference engine that receives the emitted access control relations information and an access control policy model, analyzes the received information and model, and emits a vulnerability report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Prasad G. Naldurg, Sriram K. Rajamani, Stefan Schwoon, John Lambert
  • ANALYZING ACCESS CONTROL CONFIGURATIONS
    Publication number: 20150143525
    Abstract: A facility is described for analyzing access control configurations. In various embodiments, the facility comprises an operating system having resources and identifications of principals, the principals having access control privileges relating to the resources, the access control privileges described by access control metadata; an access control scanner component that receives the access control metadata, determines relationships between the principals and the resources, and emits access control relations information; and an access control inference engine that receives the emitted access control relations information and an access control policy model, analyzes the received information and model, and emits a vulnerability report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Prasad G. Naldurg, Sriram K. Rajamani, Stefan Schwoon, John Lambert
  • Analyzing access control configurations
    Patent number: 8701200
    Abstract: A facility is described for analyzing access control configurations. In various embodiments, the facility comprises an operating system having resources and identifications of principals, the principals having access control privileges relating to the resources, the access control privileges described by access control metadata; an access control scanner component that receives the access control metadata, determines relationships between principals and resources, and emits access control relations information; and an access control inference engine that receives the emitted access control relations information and an access control policy model, analyzes the received information and model, and emits a vulnerability report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Prasad G. Naldurg, Sriram K. Rajamani, Stefan Schwoon, John Lambert
  • ANALYZING ACCESS CONTROL CONFIGURATIONS
    Publication number: 20130067583
    Abstract: A facility is described for analyzing access control configurations. In various embodiments, the facility comprises an operating system having resources and identifications of principals, the principals having access control privileges relating to the resources, the access control privileges described by access control metadata; an access control scanner component that receives the access control metadata, determines relationships between principals and resources, and emits access control relations information; and an access control inference engine that receives the emitted access control relations information and an access control policy model, analyzes the received information and model, and emits a vulnerability report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Prasad G. Naldurg, Sriram K. Rajamani, Stefan Schwoon, John Lambert
  • Analyzing access control configurations
    Patent number: 8266702
    Abstract: A facility is described for analyzing access control configurations. In various embodiments, the facility comprises an operating system having resources and identifications of principals, the principals having access control privileges relating to the resources, the access control privileges described by access control metadata; an access control scanner component that receives the access control metadata, determines relationships between the principals and the resources, and emits access control relations information; and an access control inference engine that receives the emitted access control relations information and an access control policy model, analyzes the received information and model, and emits a vulnerability report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Prasad G. Naldurg, Sriram K. Rajamani, Stefan Schwoon, John Lambert
  • ANALYZING ACCESS CONTROL CONFIGURATIONS
    Publication number: 20080104665
    Abstract: A facility is described for analyzing access control configurations. In various embodiments, the facility comprises an operating system having resources and identifications of principals, the principals having access control privileges relating to the resources, the access control privileges described by access control metadata; an access control scanner component that receives the access control metadata, determines relationships between the principals and the resources, and emits access control relations information; and an access control inference engine that receives the emitted access control relations information and an access control policy model, analyzes the received information and model, and emits a vulnerability report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Prasad G. Naldurg, Sriram K. Rajamani, Stefan Schwoon, John Lambert