Patents by Inventor Ben Kiefer

Ben Kiefer 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: 11388185
    Abstract: A method of performing an online assessment of compliance with cyber-security risk and information security risk standards, comprising the steps of providing access to a user to a compliance navigator software tool, the compliance navigator software tool comprising a content management system an assessment module, an access control module, an audit module, and an automated testing module, presenting a plurality of assessment questions to the user by executing the assessment module, assessing answers to the plurality of assessment questions using the assessment module, the assessment module comprising machine-readable instructions stored on the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, and displaying results of the assessment to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: IronBench, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Brenton Rothchild, Matthew D. Edwards, Brandon Ratzlaff, Nick Christus, Ben Kiefer, Alex Hart, Nathan Gibson
  • Publication number: 20200076781
    Abstract: A system for providing access management of Linux-based system includes an administrative server operatively connected to a network, a plurality of end-user devices operatively connected to the network, at least one data volume associated with each of the plurality of end-user devices, wherein each of the at least one data volume is a Linux volume, and an agent stored on each of the at least one end device for operative communication with software executing on the administrative service. The software on the administrative server is configured to manage the at least one end-user device or the at least one data volume connected to the end-user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: IronBench, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Edwards, Brenton Rothchild, Ben Kiefer, Nick Christus, Brandon Ratzlaff
  • Patent number: D766947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: John Sonneville, Kevin Seidl, Nate Buwalda, Ben Kiefer, Ryan Skow, Andrew Zümwalt
  • Patent number: D801983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: John Sonneville, Kevin Seidl, Nate Buwalda, Ben Kiefer, Ryan Skow, Andrew Zümwalt
  • Patent number: D805088
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: John Sonneville, Kevin Seidl, Nate Buwalda, Ben Kiefer, Ryan Skow, Andrew Zümwalt
  • Patent number: D805532
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: John Sonneville, Kevin Seidl, Nate Buwalda, Ben Kiefer, Ryan Skow, Andrew Zümwalt