Patents by Inventor Brian Christopher Grubel

Brian Christopher Grubel 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: 11140189
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for discovering network attack paths is provided. The method includes a computer generating scoring system results based on analysis of vulnerabilities of nodes in a network configuration. The method also includes the computer applying Bayesian probability to the scoring system results and selected qualitative risk attributes wherein output accounts for dependencies between vulnerabilities of the nodes. The method also includes the computer applying a weighted-average algorithm to the output yielding at least one ranking of nodes in order of likelihood of targeting by an external attacker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jai Joon Choi, Brian Christopher Grubel, Dion Stephen David Reid
  • Patent number: 10142365
    Abstract: A cyber-security monitoring (CSM) computer device for responding to cybersecurity threats is provided. The CSM computer device includes a processor in communication with a memory. The processor is configured to monitor a virtual network including plurality of virtual machines, detect a cybersecurity threat to a first virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines, generate a second virtual machine based on the first virtual machine, adjust the second virtual machine based on the cybersecurity threat, disconnect the first virtual machine from the virtual network to prevent communication between the first virtual machine and the plurality of virtual machines included in the virtual network, and connect the second virtual machine to the virtual network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Grubel, Dion Stephen David Reid
  • Publication number: 20170214707
    Abstract: A cyber-security monitoring (CSM) computer device for responding to cybersecurity threats is provided. The CSM computer device includes a processor in communication with a memory. The processor is configured to monitor a virtual network including plurality of virtual machines, detect a cybersecurity threat to a first virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines, generate a second virtual machine based on the first virtual machine, adjust the second virtual machine based on the cybersecurity threat, disconnect the first virtual machine from the virtual network to prevent communication between the first virtual machine and the plurality of virtual machines included in the virtual network, and connect the second virtual machine to the virtual network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Grubel, Dion Stephen David Reid
  • Patent number: 9712551
    Abstract: Methods and systems for use in architecture-centric threat modeling are described. One example system includes a display device, a memory device for storing a plurality of attributes for each of a plurality of network objects, and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory device. The processor is programmed to receive a user selection of at least a first network object and a second network object from the plurality of network objects; create a network architecture including the first network object and the second network object; associate the stored plurality of attributes with the selected network objects in the network architecture; display, on the display device, a graphical representation of the created network architecture; receive, from the user, at least one dataflow attribute associated with at least one of the first and second network objects; and store the at least one dataflow attribute to said memory device as an attribute of at least one of the plurality of network objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Grubel, Dion Stephen David Reid
  • Publication number: 20160248796
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for discovering network attack paths is provided. The method includes a computer generating scoring system results based on analysis of vulnerabilities of nodes in a network configuration. The method also includes the computer applying Bayesian probability to the scoring system results and selected qualitative risk attributes wherein output accounts for dependencies between vulnerabilities of the nodes. The method also includes the computer applying a weighted-average algorithm to the output yielding at least one ranking of nodes in order of likelihood of targeting by an external attacker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Jai Joon Choi, Brian Christopher Grubel, Dion Stephen David Reid
  • Patent number: 9276951
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for discovering network attack paths is provided. The method includes a computer generating scoring system results based on analysis of vulnerabilities of nodes in a network configuration. The method also includes the computer applying Bayesian probability to the scoring system results and selected qualitative risk attributes wherein output accounts for dependencies between vulnerabilities of the nodes. The method also includes the computer applying a weighted-average algorithm to the output yielding at least one ranking of nodes in order of likelihood of targeting by an external attacker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jai Joon Choi, Brian Christopher Grubel, Dion Stephen David Reid
  • Publication number: 20150058993
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for discovering network attack paths is provided. The method includes a computer generating scoring system results based on analysis of vulnerabilities of nodes in a network configuration. The method also includes the computer applying Bayesian probability to the scoring system results and selected qualitative risk attributes wherein output accounts for dependencies between vulnerabilities of the nodes. The method also includes the computer applying a weighted-average algorithm to the output yielding at least one ranking of nodes in order of likelihood of targeting by an external attacker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jai Joon Choi, Brian Christopher Grubel, Dion Stephen David Reid