Patents by Inventor Chitra P. Kumar

Chitra P. Kumar 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).

  • SECURITY GRAPH FOR MONITORING A COMPUTE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20250373645
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method comprises receiving data from a plurality of entities within a compute environment, generating a security graph including a plurality of nodes representing the entities and a plurality of edges interconnecting the nodes to represent relationships between the entities and displaying the security graph via a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Chitra P. Kumar, Adin Aoki, Daniel Williams, Naveen Kumar Bibinagar, Alexander C. Sulgrove, Jie Chen, Yijou Chen
  • Tracking infrastructure as code (IaC) asset lifecycles
    Patent number: 12355626
    Abstract: Monitoring tracking infrastructure as code (IaC) asset lifecycles, including: generating a configuration snapshot describing a configuration of an infrastructure as code (IaC) asset; comparing the configuration snapshot to data describing a previous configuration of the IaC asset; determining, responsive to a difference between the configuration snapshot and the data describing the previous configuration of the IaC asset, based on the configuration snapshot, whether the configuration of the IaC asset conforms to a policy; and performing, responsive to the configuration of the IaC asset failing to conform to the policy, one or more remedial actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikram R. Varakantam, Matthew J. Armstrong, Chitra P. Kumar, Divyang J. Soni, Yijou Chen