Patents by Inventor Andy YIU

Andy YIU 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).

  • Patent number: 11755740
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor, a basic input/output system (BIOS) communicatively coupled to the processor, and a security agent comprising a program of instructions embodied in non-transitory computer-readable media and configured to, when read and executed by the processor: retrieve a BIOS policy, retrieve BIOS configuration information, based on the BIOS policy and the BIOS configuration information, determine a deviation of one or more BIOS attributes of the BIOS configuration information, and perform remediation of the one or more BIOS attributes based on the deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Andy Yiu, Qin Ye
  • Publication number: 20230036868
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor, a basic input/output system (BIOS) communicatively coupled to the processor, and a security agent comprising a program of instructions embodied in non-transitory computer-readable media and configured to, when read and executed by the processor: retrieve a BIOS policy, retrieve BIOS configuration information, based on the BIOS policy and the BIOS configuration information, determine a deviation of one or more BIOS attributes of the BIOS configuration information, and perform remediation of the one or more BIOS attributes based on the deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Andy YIU, Qin YE
  • Publication number: 20220414220
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a basic input/output system (BIOS), a memory, and a processor. The processor scans a current state of each BIOS attribute in the BIOS, and stores one or more changed attributes in a secure event log in the memory. The processor converts each changed attribute into a different threat event including a first changed attribute into a first threat event. The processor provides a list of threat events to multiple threat chains, each of which determine whether the threat events match threat criteria in a threat chain policy. In response to the threat event matching a threat criterion in the threat chain policy, the threat chain provides a threat state change to the processor, which in turn provides new threat state changes to a threat state change consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Marc N. McGarry, Nizar A. Basan, Bradley C. Rood, Andy A. Yiu
  • Patent number: 11507661
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a basic input/output system (BIOS), a memory, and a processor. The processor scans a current state of each BIOS attribute in the BIOS, and stores one or more changed attributes in a secure event log in the memory. The processor converts each changed attribute into a different threat event including a first changed attribute into a first threat event. The processor provides a list of threat events to multiple threat chains, each of which determine whether the threat events match threat criteria in a threat chain policy. In response to the threat event matching a threat criterion in the threat chain policy, the threat chain provides a threat state change to the processor, which in turn provides new threat state changes to a threat state change consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Marc N. McGarry, Nizar A. Basan, Bradley C. Rood, Andy A. Yiu
  • Publication number: 20220284097
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a basic input/output system (BIOS), a memory, and a processor. The processor scans a current state of each BIOS attribute in the BIOS, and stores one or more changed attributes in a secure event log in the memory. The processor converts each changed attribute into a different threat event including a first changed attribute into a first threat event. The processor provides a list of threat events to multiple threat chains, each of which determine whether the threat events match threat criteria in a threat chain policy. In response to the threat event matching a threat criterion in the threat chain policy, the threat chain provides a threat state change to the processor, which in turn provides new threat state changes to a threat state change consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Marc N. McGarry, Nizar A. Basan, Bradley C. Rood, Andy A. Yiu