Patents by Inventor Ashutosh Kulshreshtha
Ashutosh Kulshreshtha 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).
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Publication number: 20250133105Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method includes detecting a start of an OpenTelemetry span by an application and determining security information related to the start of the OpenTelemetry span. The method further includes monitoring the application for one or more application behaviors during execution of the OpenTelemetry span. The method further includes detecting an end of the OpenTelemetry span by the application, and in response, calculate a security score for the OpenTelemetry span using the security information related to the start of the OpenTelemetry span and the one or more application behaviors detected during execution of the OpenTelemetry span. The method further includes updating a status of the OpenTelemetry span to include the security score and a text string related to the calculation of the security score.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2025Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Walter T. HULICK, Jr., Ashutosh KULSHRESHTHA
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Patent number: 12277211Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and computer-readable media for implementing security polices at software call stack level. In one example, a method includes generating a call stack classification scheme for an application, detecting a call stack during deployment of the application; using the call stack classification scheme during runtime of the application, classifying the detected call stack as one of an authorized call stack or an unauthorized call stack to yield a classification; and applying a security policy based on the classification.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2024Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Andy Sloane, Hiral Shashikant Patel, Uday Krishnaswamy Chettiar, Oliver Kempe, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Navindra Yadav
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Publication number: 20250080436Abstract: This disclosure generally relate to a method and system for network policy simulation in a distributed computing system. The present technology relates techniques that enable simulation of a new network policy with regard to its effects on the network data flow. By enabling a simulation data flow that is parallel and independent from the regular data flow, the present technology can provide optimized network security management with improved efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Patent number: 12212476Abstract: This disclosure generally relate to a method and system for network policy simulation in a distributed computing system. The present technology relates techniques that enable simulation of a new network policy with regard to its effects on the network data flow. By enabling a simulation data flow that is parallel and independent from the regular data flow, the present technology can provide optimized network security management with improved efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Patent number: 12192224Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method includes detecting a start of an OpenTelemetry span by an application and determining security information related to the start of the OpenTelemetry span. The method further includes monitoring the application for one or more application behaviors during execution of the OpenTelemetry span. The method further includes detecting an end of the OpenTelemetry span by the application, and in response, calculate a security score for the OpenTelemetry span using the security information related to the start of the OpenTelemetry span and the one or more application behaviors detected during execution of the OpenTelemetry span. The method further includes updating a status of the OpenTelemetry span to include the security score and a text string related to the calculation of the security score.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Walter T. Hulick, Jr., Ashutosh Kulshreshtha
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Patent number: 12192078Abstract: A method provides for receiving network traffic from a host having a host IP address and operating in a data center, and analyzing a malware tracker for IP addresses of hosts having been infected by a malware to yield an analysis. When the analysis indicates that the host IP address has been used to communicate with an external host infected by the malware to yield an indication, the method includes assigning a reputation score, based on the indication, to the host. The method can further include applying a conditional policy associated with using the host based on the reputation score. The reputation score can include a reduced reputation score from a previous reputation score for the host.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2024Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Patent number: 12177097Abstract: An example method according to some embodiments includes receiving flow data for a packet traversing a network. The method continues by determining a source endpoint group and a destination endpoint group for the packet. The method continues by determining that a policy was utilized, the policy being applicable to the endpoint group. Finally, the method includes updating utilization data for the policy based on the flow data.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Publication number: 20240348625Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Fernando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Publication number: 20240283800Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Femando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Publication number: 20240273181Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and computer-readable media for implementing security polices at software call stack level. In one example, a method includes generating a call stack classification scheme for an application, detecting a call stack during deployment of the application; using the call stack classification scheme during runtime of the application, classifying the detected call stack as one of an authorized call stack or an unauthorized call stack to yield a classification; and applying a security policy based on the classification.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Andy Sloane, Hiral Shashikant Patel, Uday Krishnaswamy Chettiar, Oliver Kempe, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Navindra Yadav
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Patent number: 12039031Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and computer-readable media for implementing security polices at software call stack level. In one example, a method includes generating a call stack classification scheme for an application, detecting a call stack during deployment of the application; using the call stack classification scheme during runtime of the application, classifying the detected call stack as one of an authorized call stack or an unauthorized call stack to yield a classification; and applying a security policy based on the classification.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Andy Sloane, Hiral Shashikant Patel, Uday Krishnaswamy Chettiar, Oliver Kempe, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Navindra Yadav
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Publication number: 20240205118Abstract: A method provides for receiving network traffic from a host having a host IP address and operating in a data center, and analyzing a malware tracker for IP addresses of hosts having been infected by a malware to yield an analysis. When the analysis indicates that the host IP address has been used to communicate with an external host infected by the malware to yield an indication, the method includes assigning a reputation score, based on the indication, to the host. The method can further include applying a conditional policy associated with using the host based on the reputation score. The reputation score can include a reduced reputation score from a previous reputation score for the host.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2024Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Publication number: 20240179153Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2024Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Fernando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Publication number: 20240152623Abstract: A system and method for evaluating penetration testing tools. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a plurality of instructions, wherein the instructions comprise one or more security vulnerabilities for testing a web server, generating the web server, wherein the web server comprises the plurality of instructions with the one or more security vulnerabilities, receiving a penetration test result from a penetration testing tool executing on the web server, and computing a precision of the penetration testing tool for detecting the one or more security vulnerabilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Walter T. Hulick, JR., Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Girish Sivasubramanian
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Patent number: 11968103Abstract: An example method according to some embodiments includes receiving flow data for a packet traversing a network. The method continues by determining a source endpoint group and a destination endpoint group for the packet. The method continues by determining that a policy was utilized, the policy being applicable to the endpoint group. Finally, the method includes updating utilization data for the policy based on the flow data.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Publication number: 20240095555Abstract: A system and method for updating and correcting facts that receives proposed values for facts from users and determines a correctness score which is used to automatically accept or reject the proposed values.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Luca de Alfaro, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Mitchell Slep, Nicu Daniel Cornea, Sowmya Subramanian, Ethan G. Russell
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Patent number: 11936663Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Fernando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Patent number: 11924073Abstract: A method provides for receiving network traffic from a host having a host IP address and operating in a data center, and analyzing a malware tracker for IP addresses of hosts having been infected by a malware to yield an analysis. When the analysis indicates that the host IP address has been used to communicate with an external host infected by the malware to yield an indication, the method includes assigning a reputation score, based on the indication, to the host. The method can further include applying a conditional policy associated with using the host based on the reputation score. The reputation score can include a reduced reputation score from a previous reputation score for the host.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Publication number: 20240073234Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method includes detecting a start of an OpenTelemetry span by an application and determining security information related to the start of the OpenTelemetry span. The method further includes monitoring the application for one or more application behaviors during execution of the OpenTelemetry span. The method further includes detecting an end of the OpenTelemetry span by the application, and in response, calculate a security score for the OpenTelemetry span using the security information related to the start of the OpenTelemetry span and the one or more application behaviors detected during execution of the OpenTelemetry span. The method further includes updating a status of the OpenTelemetry span to include the security score and a text string related to the calculation of the security score.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Walter T. Hulick, JR., Ashutosh Kulshreshtha
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Publication number: 20240015084Abstract: An example method according to some embodiments includes receiving flow data for a packet traversing a network. The method continues by determining a source endpoint group and a destination endpoint group for the packet. The method continues by determining that a policy was utilized, the policy being applicable to the endpoint group. Finally, the method includes updating utilization data for the policy based on the flow data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen