Patents by Inventor Cody Pierce

Cody Pierce 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: 12294604
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to build a machine learned exploitability risk model that predicts, based on the characteristics of a set of machines, a normalized risk score quantifying the risk that the machines are exploitable by a set of attacks. To build the model, a training dataset is constructed by labeling characteristic data of a population of machines with exploitation test results obtained by simulating a set of attacks on the population. The model is trained using the training data to accurately predict a probability that a given set of machines is exploitable by the set of attacks. In embodiments, the model may be used to make quick assessments about how vulnerable a set of machines are to the set of attacks. In embodiments, the model may be used to compare the effectiveness of different remediation actions to protect against the set of attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Rapid7, Inc.
    Inventors: Wah-Kwan Lin, Leonardo Varela Guevara, Cody Pierce
  • Publication number: 20230033317
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to build a machine learned exploitability risk model that predicts, based on the characteristics of a set of machines, a normalized risk score quantifying the risk that the machines are exploitable by a set of attacks. To build the model, a training dataset is constructed by labeling characteristic data of a population of machines with exploitation test results obtained by simulating a set of attacks on the population. The model is trained using the training data to accurately predict a probability that a given set of machines is exploitable by the set of attacks. In embodiments, the model may be used to make quick assessments about how vulnerable a set of machines are to the set of attacks. In embodiments, the model may be used to compare the effectiveness of different remediation actions to protect against the set of attacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Rapid7, Inc.
    Inventors: Wah-Kwan Lin, Leonardo Varela Guevara, Cody Pierce
  • Patent number: 11503061
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to build a machine learned exploitability risk model that predicts, based on the characteristics of a set of machines, a normalized risk score quantifying the risk that the machines are exploitable by a set of attacks. To build the model, a training dataset is constructed by labeling characteristic data of a population of machines with exploitation test results obtained by simulating a set of attacks on the population. The model is trained using the training data to accurately predict a probability that a given set of machines is exploitable by the set of attacks. In embodiments, the model may be used to make quick assessments about how vulnerable a set of machines are to the set of attacks. In embodiments, the model may be used to compare the effectiveness of different remediation actions to protect against the set of attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Rapid7, Inc.
    Inventors: Wah-Kwan Lin, Leonardo Varela Guevara, Cody Pierce
  • Patent number: 11470106
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to build a machine learned exploitability risk model that predicts, based on the characteristics of a set of machines, a normalized risk score quantifying the risk that the machines are exploitable by a set of attacks. To build the model, a training dataset is constructed by labeling characteristic data of a population of machines with exploitation test results obtained by simulating a set of attacks on the population. The model is trained using the training data to accurately predict a probability that a given set of machines is exploitable by the set of attacks. In embodiments, the model may be used to make quick assessments about how vulnerable a set of machines are to the set of attacks. In embodiments, the model may be used to compare the effectiveness of different remediation actions to protect against the set of attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Rapid7, Inc.
    Inventors: Wah-Kwan Lin, Leonardo Varela Guevara, Cody Pierce
  • Publication number: 20160062655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for improved memory allocation in a computer system. The system and method reduces or eliminates vulnerabilities that would otherwise exist due to use-after-free situations involving memory, thereby enhancing the security of the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Gabriel D. LANDAU, Zach Riggle, Cody Pierce