Patents by Inventor Christopher Daniel Boscolo

Christopher Daniel Boscolo 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: 8554903
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are directed towards enabling auditing of network vulnerabilities from multiple network vantage points virtually simultaneously. Multiple network vantage points may include, but are not limited to, remote/branch enterprise sites, devices on an enterprise perimeter, on either side of a security perimeter, and even through the security perimeter. In one embodiment, an auditor performs reflected audits thereby extending auditing of network vulnerabilities to provide a comprehensive 360 degree audit of internal, external, and remote enterprise network sites. In one embodiment, the present invention may be implemented employing a single auditing device, and one or more audit extension devices that are configured to extend the auditing device's audit reach. The auditing device and one or more audit extension devices may communicate using an encrypted network channel through a security perimeter and/or across multiple networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Vadarro Services Limited Liability Company
    Inventors: Evan M. Webb, Christopher Daniel Boscolo, Robert G. Gilde
  • Patent number: 8520512
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are directed to managing access to a network. An agent may intercept a network packet transmitted by an enforcement point in response to a request from a device to join the network. The agent identifies, based on the network packet, a port number on the enforcement point at which the request is received. The agent may transmit the port number to a NACA to enable security enforcement operations to be performed on the device. Another device may reside outside the quarantined network and be enabled by the NACA to direct a remediation measure to be performed on the device using at least the port number. The NACA may spoof an ARP response with an address of the NACA to restrict access to resources. The NACA may also place the device into one of a plurality of quarantined networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert G. Gilde, Christopher Daniel Boscolo
  • Publication number: 20130091534
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are directed to managing access to a network. An agent may intercept a network packet transmitted by an enforcement point in response to a request from a device to join the network. The agent identifies, based on the network packet, a port number on the enforcement point at which the request is received. The agent may transmit the port number to a NACA to enable security enforcement operations to be performed on the device. Another device may reside outside the quarantined network and be enabled by the NACA to direct a remediation measure to be performed on the device using at least the port number. The NACA may spoof an ARP response with an address of the NACA to restrict access to resources. The NACA may also place the device into one of a plurality of quarantined networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Lockdown Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert G. Gilde, Christopher Daniel Boscolo
  • Patent number: 7310669
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are directed towards enabling auditing of network vulnerabilities from multiple network vantage points virtually simultaneously. Multiple network vantage points may include, but are not limited to, remote/branch enterprise sites, devices on an enterprise perimeter, on either side of a security perimeter, and even through the security perimeter. In one embodiment, an auditor performs reflected audits thereby extending auditing of network vulnerabilities to provide a comprehensive 360 degree audit of internal, external, and remote enterprise network sites. In one embodiment, the present invention may be implemented employing a single auditing device, and one or more audit extension devices that are configured to extend the auditing device's audit reach. The auditing device and one or more audit extension devices may communicate using an encrypted network channel through a security perimeter and/or across multiple networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Lockdown Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan McClendon Webb, Christopher Daniel Boscolo, Robert G. Gilde