Patents by Inventor Alexander Thomas Edwards

Alexander Thomas Edwards 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).

  • Network vulnerability assessment tool
    Patent number: 11290480
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of servers hosting a plurality of software applications, a data lake, and a vulnerability assessment tool. The data lake is configured to store data related to vulnerabilities in the servers and applications. The data lake also stores data on the number of intrusion events detected on each application. The vulnerability assessment tool is configured to generate logic tables relating the data on server vulnerabilities, application vulnerabilities, and application intrusion counts. The vulnerability assessment tool may use the extrapolations from the newly ordered data to flag applications or servers for prioritized security improvements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: John Henry Denning, Alexander Thomas Edwards, Ruchira Ghosh
  • NETWORK VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOL
    Publication number: 20210377292
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of servers hosting a plurality of software applications, a data lake, and a vulnerability assessment tool. The data lake is configured to store data related to vulnerabilities in the servers and applications. The data lake also stores data on the number of intrusion events detected on each application. The vulnerability assessment tool is configured to generate logic tables relating the data on server vulnerabilities, application vulnerabilities, and application intrusion counts. The vulnerability assessment tool may use the extrapolations from the newly ordered data to flag applications or servers for prioritized security improvements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: John Henry Denning, Alexander Thomas Edwards, Ruchira Ghosh