Patents by Inventor Amit R. Kulkarni

Amit R. Kulkarni 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).

  • Security system with compliance checking and remediation
    Patent number: 8661534
    Abstract: A security system is provided for use with computer systems. In various embodiments, the security system can analyze the state of security of one or more computer systems to determine whether the computer systems comply with expressed security policies and to remediate the computer systems so that they conform with the expressed security policies. In various embodiments, the security system can receive compliance documents, determine whether one or more computer systems comply with portions of security policies specified in the compliance documents, and take actions specified in the compliance documents to cause the computer systems to comply with the specified security policies. The security system may provide a common, unified programming interface that applications or tools can employ to verify or enforce security policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arindam Chatterjee, Anders Samuelsson, Nils Dussart, Charles G. Jeffries, Amit R. Kulkarni
  • SECURITY SYSTEM WITH COMPLIANCE CHECKING AND REMEDIATION
    Publication number: 20090007264
    Abstract: A security system is provided for use with computer systems. In various embodiments, the security system can analyze the state of security of one or more computer systems to determine whether the computer systems comply with expressed security policies and to remediate the computer systems so that they conform with the expressed security policies. In various embodiments, the security system can receive compliance documents, determine whether one or more computer systems comply with portions of security policies specified in the compliance documents, and take actions specified in the compliance documents to cause the computer systems to comply with the specified security policies. The security system may provide a common, unified programming interface that applications or tools can employ to verify or enforce security policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arindam Chatterjee, Anders Samuelsson, Nils Dussart, Charles G. Jeffries, Amit R. Kulkarni