Patents by Inventor Brandon L. Swafford
Brandon L. Swafford 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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Patent number: 11575685Abstract: A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for generating a cyber behavior profile comprising monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions into electronic information representing the user interactions, the electronic information representing the user interactions comprising temporal detail corresponding to the user interaction; and generating a user behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the user interactions, the generating the user profile including a layer of detail corresponding to the temporal detail corresponding to the user interaction.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Forcepoint LLCInventors: Richard Anthony Ford, Brandon L. Swafford
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Patent number: 11379607Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for generating security policies. Generating security policies includes gathering information related to an organization, the information related to the organization comprising electronically-observable information related to the organization; converting the electronically-observable information related to the organization into electronic information related to the organization; using the electronic information related to the organization to automatically generate a plurality of organization specific rules; and, generating an organization specific security policy, the organization specific security policy comprising at least one organization specific rule.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Forcepoint, LLCInventor: Brandon L. Swafford
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Patent number: 11379608Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for enforcing security policies. Enforcing security policies includes monitoring electronically-observable user interactions of an entity, the electronically-observable user interactions comprising corresponding user behavior of the entity; converting the electronically-observable user interactions into electronic information representing the user behavior; and, applying an organization specific security policy based upon the electronic information representing the user behavior, the organization specific security policy comprising an automatically generated organization specific rule.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Forcepoint, LLCInventor: Brandon L. Swafford
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Publication number: 20210367953Abstract: A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for generating a cyber behavior profile comprising monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions into electronic information representing the user interactions, the electronic information representing the user interactions comprising temporal detail corresponding to the user interaction; and generating a user behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the user interactions, the generating the user profile including a layer of detail corresponding to the temporal detail corresponding to the user interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Richard Anthony Ford, Brandon L. Swafford
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Patent number: 11132461Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for revising a security policy. Revising the security policy includes detecting an event associated with an entity; providing information relating to the event to a security policy; determining whether the security policy is violated by the event; generating a response when the security policy is violated by the event; and, remediating the security policy to reduce false positive responses generated by the security policy.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Forcepoint, LLCInventors: Brandon L. Swafford, Ann Irvine, Jordan A. Dominguez
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Patent number: 10862901Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for generating a cyber behavior profile, comprising: monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions into electronic information representing the user interactions, the electronic information representing the user interactions comprising temporal detail corresponding to the user interaction; and generating a user behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the user interactions, the generating the user profile including a layer of detail corresponding to the temporal detail corresponding to the user interaction.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Forcepoint, LLCInventors: Richard Anthony Ford, Brandon L. Swafford
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Patent number: 10542013Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for generating a cyber behavior profile, comprising: monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions and the information about the user into electronic information representing the user interactions; generating a unique cyber behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the user interactions and the information about the user; and, storing information relating to the unique cyber behavior profile in a behavior blockchain.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Forcepoint LLCInventors: Richard Anthony Ford, Brandon L. Swafford, Christopher Brian Shirey, Matthew P. Moynahan, Richard Heath Thompson
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Publication number: 20190312886Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for generating a cyber behavior profile, comprising: monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions into electronic information representing the user interactions, the electronic information representing the user interactions comprising temporal detail corresponding to the user interaction; and generating a user behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the user interactions, the generating the user profile including a layer of detail corresponding to the temporal detail corresponding to the user interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Richard Anthony Ford, Brandon L. Swafford
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Patent number: 10326775Abstract: A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for performing a multi-factor authentication operation, comprising: monitoring electronically-observable user behavior; converting the electronically-observable user behavior into electronic information representing the electronically-observable user behavior; generating a user behavior factor based upon the electronic information representing the electronically-observable user behavior; and, using the user behavior factor as a factor of a multi-factor authentication.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Forcepoint, LLCInventors: Richard Anthony Ford, Brandon L. Swafford
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Patent number: 10326776Abstract: A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for generating a cyber behavior profile comprising monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions into electronic information representing the user interactions, the electronic information representing the user interactions comprising temporal detail corresponding to the user interaction; and generating a user behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the user interactions, the generating the user profile including a layer of detail corresponding to the temporal detail corresponding to the user interaction.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Forcepoint, LLCInventors: Richard Anthony Ford, Brandon L. Swafford
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Patent number: 10298609Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for generating a cyber behavior profile comprising monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions into electronic information representing the user interactions, the electronic information representing the user interactions comprising multi-layered electronic information, each layer of the multi-layered electronic information corresponding to a respective layer of user interaction; and generating a unique multi-dimensional cyber behavior profile based upon the multi-layered electronic information representing the user interactions.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Forcepoint, LLCInventors: Richard Anthony Ford, Brandon L. Swafford
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Publication number: 20190124118Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for enforcing security policies. Enforcing security policies includes monitoring electronically-observable user interactions of an entity, the electronically-observable user interactions comprising corresponding user behavior of the entity; converting the electronically-observable user interactions into electronic information representing the user behavior; and, applying an organization specific security policy based upon the electronic information representing the user behavior, the organization specific security policy comprising an automatically generated organization specific rule.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventor: Brandon L. Swafford
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Publication number: 20190124117Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for generating security policies. Generating security policies includes gathering information related to an organization, the information related to the organization comprising electronically-observable information related to the organization; converting the electronically-observable information related to the organization into electronic information related to the organization; using the electronic information related to the organization to automatically generate a plurality of organization specific rules; and, generating an organization specific security policy, the organization specific security policy comprising at least one organization specific rule.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventor: Brandon L. Swafford
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Patent number: 10264012Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for generating a cyber behavior profile comprising monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions into electronic information representing the user interactions, the electronic information representing the user interactions comprising multi-layered electronic information, each layer of the multi-layered electronic information corresponding to a respective layer of user interaction; and generating a unique multi-dimensional cyber behavior profile based upon the multi-layered electronic information representing the user interactions.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Forcepoint, LLCInventors: Matthew P. Moynahan, Richard Anthony Ford, Christopher Brian Shirey, Brandon L. Swafford, Richard Heath Thompson
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Publication number: 20190036969Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for revising a security policy. Revising the security policy includes detecting an event associated with an entity; providing information relating to the event to a security policy; determining whether the security policy is violated by the event; generating a response when the security policy is violated by the event; and, remediating the security policy to reduce false positive responses generated by the security policy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Brandon L. Swafford, Ann L. Irvine, Jordan A. Dominguez
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Publication number: 20190007424Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for generating a cyber behavior profile, comprising: monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions and the information about the user into electronic information representing the user interactions; generating a unique cyber behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the user interactions and the information about the user; and, storing information relating to the unique cyber behavior profile in a behavior blockchain.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Richard Anthony Ford, Brandon L. Swafford, Christopher Brian Shirey, Matthew P. Moynahan, Richard Heath Thompson
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Patent number: 10171488Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for generating a cyber behavior profile comprising monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions into electronic information representing the user interactions, the electronic information representing the user interactions comprising multi-layered electronic information, each layer of the multi-layered electronic information corresponding to a respective layer of user interaction; and generating a unique multi-dimensional cyber behavior profile based upon the multi-layered electronic information representing the user interactions.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Forcepoint, LLCInventors: Matthew P. Moynahan, Richard Anthony Ford, Christopher Brian Shirey, Brandon L. Swafford, Richard Heath Thompson
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Publication number: 20180332068Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for generating a cyber behavior profile comprising monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions into electronic information representing the user interactions, the electronic information representing the user interactions comprising multi-layered electronic information, each layer of the multi-layered electronic information corresponding to a respective layer of user interaction; and generating a unique multi-dimensional cyber behavior profile based upon the multi-layered electronic information representing the user interactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Matthew P. Moynahan, Richard Anthony Ford, Christopher Brian Shirey, Brandon L. Swafford, Richard Heath Thompson
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Publication number: 20180332066Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for generating a cyber behavior profile comprising monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions into electronic information representing the user interactions, the electronic information representing the user interactions comprising multi-layered electronic information, each layer of the multi-layered electronic information corresponding to a respective layer of user interaction; and generating a unique multi-dimensional cyber behavior profile based upon the multi-layered electronic information representing the user interactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Matthew P. Moynahan, Richard Anthony Ford, Christopher Brian Shirey, Brandon L. Swafford, Richard Heath Thompson
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Publication number: 20180332070Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for generating a cyber behavior profile comprising monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions into electronic information representing the user interactions, the electronic information representing the user interactions comprising multi-layered electronic information, each layer of the multi-layered electronic information corresponding to a respective layer of user interaction; and generating a unique multi-dimensional cyber behavior profile based upon the multi-layered electronic information representing the user interactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Richard Anthony Ford, Brandon L. Swafford