Patents by Inventor Thomas Erhardt Montroy

Thomas Erhardt Montroy 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).

  • Publication number: 20230325505
    Abstract: A system and method for setting alert thresholds related to cybersecurity ratings of one or more affiliate entities. An example method includes: obtaining entity data including cybersecurity event data for an affiliate entity; calculating a time-series cybersecurity rating for the affiliate entity based on the entity data; associating an alert reporting threshold with the time-series cybersecurity rating, wherein a comparison of the alert reporting threshold to the time-series cybersecurity rating determines a number of alerts reported for the affiliate entity; applying an alternative alert reporting threshold against the time-series cybersecurity rating to determine an alternative number of alerts reported for the affiliate entity; and updating the alert reporting threshold for the time-series cybersecurity rating to the alternative alert reporting threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Marc Noel Light, Tianyi Cai, Thomas Erhardt Montroy
  • Patent number: 11783052
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are computer-implemented methods and systems for forecasting security ratings for an entity. The methods and systems can include generating a plurality of simulated instantiations of a security scenario for the entity, in which the security scenario characterized by a plurality of security events associated with at least one event type. The methods and systems can further include determining a security rating for each instantiation of the plurality of instantiations; and generating a forecast cone based on the determined security ratings for the plurality of instantiations. In some examples, for each event type of the at least one event type, the methods and systems can include determining a rate, duration, and/or temporal placement of the security events associated with the event type over a forecasting period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: BitSight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Noel Light, Liwei Lin, Thomas Erhardt Montroy
  • Publication number: 20230269265
    Abstract: A cybersecurity risk management method may include recommending, for each of a plurality of affiliates of an entity, a respective cybersecurity criticality tier selected from a set of cybersecurity criticality tiers; receiving user input adjusting and/or adopting the recommended cybersecurity criticality tier for each of the affiliates; assigning each of the affiliates to the respective adjusted or adopted cybersecurity criticality tier; obtaining respective security scores for the affiliates; and displaying a user interface component configured to show a visualization of a cybersecurity risk management plan of the entity with respect to the plurality of affiliates, wherein the risk management plan partitions the affiliates into a plurality of affiliate sets based on the security scores and the assigned cybersecurity criticality tiers of the affiliates and specifies, for each of the affiliate sets, an action to be taken by the entity with respect to the affiliates in the affiliate set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: BitSight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tianyi Cai, Thomas Erhardt Montroy, Marc Noel Light
  • Patent number: 11720679
    Abstract: A system and method for setting alert thresholds related to cybersecurity ratings of one or more affiliate entities. An example method includes: obtaining entity data including cybersecurity event data for an affiliate entity; calculating a time-series cybersecurity rating for the affiliate entity based on the entity data; associating an alert reporting threshold with the time-series cybersecurity rating, wherein a comparison of the alert reporting threshold to the time-series cybersecurity rating determines a number of alerts reported for the affiliate entity; applying an alternative alert reporting threshold against the time-series cybersecurity rating to determine an alternative number of alerts reported for the affiliate entity; and updating the alert reporting threshold for the time-series cybersecurity rating to the alternative alert reporting threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: BitSight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Noel Light, Tianyi Cai, Thomas Erhardt Montroy
  • Patent number: 11689555
    Abstract: A cybersecurity risk management method may include recommending, for each of a plurality of affiliates of an entity, a respective cybersecurity criticality tier selected from a set of cybersecurity criticality tiers; receiving user input adjusting and/or adopting the recommended cybersecurity criticality tier for each of the affiliates; assigning each of the affiliates to the respective adjusted or adopted cybersecurity criticality tier; obtaining respective security scores for the affiliates; and displaying a user interface component configured to show a visualization of a cybersecurity risk management plan of the entity with respect to the plurality of affiliates, wherein the risk management plan partitions the affiliates into a plurality of affiliate sets based on the security scores and the assigned cybersecurity criticality tiers of the affiliates and specifies, for each of the affiliate sets, an action to be taken by the entity with respect to the affiliates in the affiliate set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: BitSight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tianyi Cai, Thomas Erhardt Montroy, Marc Noel Light
  • Publication number: 20220191232
    Abstract: A cybersecurity risk management method may include recommending, for each of a plurality of affiliates of an entity, a respective cybersecurity criticality tier selected from a set of cybersecurity criticality tiers; receiving user input adjusting and/or adopting the recommended cybersecurity criticality tier for each of the affiliates; assigning each of the affiliates to the respective adjusted or adopted cybersecurity criticality tier; obtaining respective security scores for the affiliates; and displaying a user interface component configured to show a visualization of a cybersecurity risk management plan of the entity with respect to the plurality of affiliates, wherein the risk management plan partitions the affiliates into a plurality of affiliate sets based on the security scores and the assigned cybersecurity criticality tiers of the affiliates and specifies, for each of the affiliate sets, an action to be taken by the entity with respect to the affiliates in the affiliate set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Tianyi Cai, Thomas Erhardt Montroy, Marc Noel Light
  • Publication number: 20220121753
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are computer-implemented methods and systems for forecasting security ratings for an entity. The methods and systems can include generating a plurality of simulated instantiations of a security scenario for the entity, in which the security scenario characterized by a plurality of security events associated with at least one event type. The methods and systems can further include determining a security rating for each instantiation of the plurality of instantiations; and generating a forecast cone based on the determined security ratings for the plurality of instantiations. In some examples, for each event type of the at least one event type, the methods and systems can include determining a rate, duration, and/or temporal placement of the security events associated with the event type over a forecasting period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Marc Noel Light, Liwei Lin, Thomas Erhardt Montroy
  • Patent number: 11265330
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for comparing the security profile of a particular entity to peer entities. The method can include receiving, for a particular entity, (i) a value for at least one feature and (ii) a number of security records of one or more security risk types. The method can include determining peer entities based on the value of the features; obtaining, for each peer entity, a number of security records; and adjusting the number of peer security records based on the number of entity security records. The method can further include comparing, for one or more security risk types, the received number of security records for the particular entity to the respective adjusted number of security records for each peer entity; and comparing a security profile of the particular entity to security profiles of the population of peer entities based on the comparison for the security risk types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: BitSight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Noel Light, Liwei Lin, Thomas Erhardt Montroy, Miguel Pinto
  • Patent number: 11200323
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are computer-implemented methods and systems for forecasting security ratings for an entity. The methods and systems can include generating a plurality of simulated instantiations of a security scenario for the entity, in which the security scenario characterized by a plurality of security events associated with at least one event type. The methods and systems can further include determining a security rating for each instantiation of the plurality of instantiations; and generating a forecast cone based on the determined security ratings for the plurality of instantiations. In some examples, for each event type of the at least one event type, the methods and systems can include determining a rate, duration, and/or temporal placement of the security events associated with the event type over a forecasting period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: BitSight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Noel Light, Liwei Lin, Thomas Erhardt Montroy
  • Publication number: 20210374246
    Abstract: A system and method for setting alert thresholds related to cybersecurity ratings of one or more affiliate entities. An example method includes: obtaining entity data including cybersecurity event data for an affiliate entity; calculating a time-series cybersecurity rating for the affiliate entity based on the entity data; associating an alert reporting threshold with the time-series cybersecurity rating, wherein a comparison of the alert reporting threshold to the time-series cybersecurity rating determines a number of alerts reported for the affiliate entity; applying an alternative alert reporting threshold against the time-series cybersecurity rating to determine an alternative number of alerts reported for the affiliate entity; and updating the alert reporting threshold for the time-series cybersecurity rating to the alternative alert reporting threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Marc Noel Light, Tianyi Cai, Thomas Erhardt Montroy
  • Patent number: 11122073
    Abstract: A cybersecurity risk management method may include recommending, for each of a plurality of affiliates of an entity, a respective cybersecurity criticality tier selected from a set of cybersecurity criticality tiers; receiving user input adjusting and/or adopting the recommended cybersecurity criticality tier for each of the affiliates; assigning each of the affiliates to the respective adjusted or adopted cybersecurity criticality tier; obtaining respective security scores for the affiliates; and displaying a user interface component configured to show a visualization of a cybersecurity risk management plan of the entity with respect to the plurality of affiliates, wherein the risk management plan partitions the affiliates into a plurality of affiliate sets based on the security scores and the assigned cybersecurity criticality tiers of the affiliates and specifies, for each of the affiliate sets, an action to be taken by the entity with respect to the affiliates in the affiliate set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: BitSight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tianyi Cai, Thomas Erhardt Montroy, Marc Noel Light
  • Publication number: 20210266324
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for comparing the security profile of a particular entity to peer entities. The method can include receiving, for a particular entity, (i) a value for at least one feature and (ii) a number of security records of one or more security risk types. The method can include determining peer entities based on the value of the features; obtaining, for each peer entity, a number of security records; and adjusting the number of peer security records based on the number of entity security records. The method can further include comparing, for one or more security risk types, the received number of security records for the particular entity to the respective adjusted number of security records for each peer entity; and comparing a security profile of the particular entity to security profiles of the population of peer entities based on the comparison for the security risk types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Marc Noel Light, Liwei Lin, Thomas Erhardt Montroy, Miguel Pinto
  • Patent number: 11023585
    Abstract: A system and method for setting alert thresholds related to cybersecurity ratings of one or more affiliate entities. An example method includes: obtaining entity data including cybersecurity event data for an affiliate entity; calculating a time-series cybersecurity rating for the affiliate entity based on the entity data; associating an alert reporting threshold with the time-series cybersecurity rating, wherein a comparison of the alert reporting threshold to the time-series cybersecurity rating determines a number of alerts reported for the affiliate entity; applying an alternative alert reporting threshold against the time-series cybersecurity rating to determine an alternative number of alerts reported for the affiliate entity; and updating the alert reporting threshold for the time-series cybersecurity rating to the alternative alert reporting threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BitSight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Noel Light, Tianyi Cai, Thomas Erhardt Montroy
  • Patent number: 10764298
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for comparing the security profile of a particular entity to peer entities. The method can include receiving, for a particular entity, (i) a value for at least one feature and (ii) a number of security records of one or more security risk types. The method can include determining peer entities based on the value of the features; obtaining, for each peer entity, a number of security records; and adjusting the number of peer security records based on the number of entity security records. The method can further include comparing, for one or more security risk types, the received number of security records for the particular entity to the respective adjusted number of security records for each peer entity; and comparing a security profile of the particular entity to security profiles of the population of peer entities based on the comparison for the security risk types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: BitSight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Noel Light, Liwei Lin, Thomas Erhardt Montroy, Miguel Pinto
  • Publication number: 20200125734
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are computer-implemented methods and systems for forecasting security ratings for an entity. The methods and systems can include generating a plurality of simulated instantiations of a security scenario for the entity, in which the security scenario characterized by a plurality of security events associated with at least one event type. The methods and systems can further include determining a security rating for each instantiation of the plurality of instantiations; and generating a forecast cone based on the determined security ratings for the plurality of instantiations. In some examples, for each event type of the at least one event type, the methods and systems can include determining a rate, duration, and/or temporal placement of the security events associated with the event type over a forecasting period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Marc Noel Light, Liwei Lin, Thomas Erhardt Montroy
  • Patent number: D1010666
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BitSight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tianyi Cai, Thomas Erhardt Montroy, Marc Noel Light, Blythe Meyer, Amanda Ravanesi, Vanessa Jankowski