Patents by Inventor Benjamin Joseph Steffes

Benjamin Joseph Steffes 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: 11201893
    Abstract: A system for assessing potential cybersecurity threats to a subject system is provided. The system includes a computer system including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor is programmed to: receive a subject system to analyze, determine a potential hazard event associated with the subject system, generate an attack graph associated with the potential hazard event, wherein the attack graph includes a plurality of actions, determine an exploitability score for each of the plurality of actions, determine an uncertainty level for each of the plurality of actions based on the corresponding exploitability score, aggregate the plurality of actions including the corresponding exploitability scores and the corresponding uncertainty levels to determine one or more vulnerabilities of the subject system, and generate a response to the one or more vulnerabilities of the subject system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: David Thomas Kruse, Benjamin Joseph Steffes, Nathan Mackey, Moon Kim
  • Publication number: 20210105294
    Abstract: A system for assessing potential cybersecurity threats to a subject system is provided. The system includes a computer system including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor is programmed to: receive a subject system to analyze, determine a potential hazard event associated with the subject system, generate an attack graph associated with the potential hazard event, wherein the attack graph includes a plurality of actions, determine an exploitability score for each of the plurality of actions, determine an uncertainty level for each of the plurality of actions based on the corresponding exploitability score, aggregate the plurality of actions including the corresponding exploitability scores and the corresponding uncertainty levels to determine one or more vulnerabilities of the subject system, and generate a response to the one or more vulnerabilities of the subject system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: David Thomas Kruse, Benjamin Joseph Steffes, Nathan Mackey, Moon Kim