Patents Assigned to Cybirical, LLC
  • Patent number: 10645167
    Abstract: A system and method for improving the security and reliability of industrial control system (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) communication networks utilized within power systems is provided. For power system intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) that comprise these networks, a number of settings are created and stored inside the device settings files that define the IED's communication parameters. Inspection of a settings and configuration file (SCF) allows the identification and extraction of the device's configured and therefore permissible communication characteristics. Using this extracted information, rulesets are generated and subsequently pushed to one or more network security devices, e.g. firewalls, managed switches, and intrusion detection/prevention systems. In such a manner, the described innovation is able to derive a perspective of the allowable system communication and issue rulesets and settings to network security devices (NSDs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Cybirical, LLC
    Inventor: Nathan S. Wallace
  • Publication number: 20170149734
    Abstract: A system and method for improving the security and reliability of industrial control system (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) communication networks utilized within power systems is provided. For power system intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) that comprise these networks, a number of settings are created and stored inside the device settings files that define the IED's communication parameters. Inspection of a settings and configuration file (SCF) allows the identification and extraction of the device's configured and therefore permissible communication characteristics. Using this extracted information, rulesets are generated and subsequently pushed to one or more network security devices, e.g. firewalls, managed switches, and intrusion detection/prevention systems. In such a manner, the described innovation is able to derive a perspective of the allowable system communication and issue rulesets and settings to network security devices (NSDs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Cybirical, LLC
    Inventor: Nathan S. Wallace