Patents by Inventor Dennis R. MOREAU

Dennis R. MOREAU 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 protection for a host computer in a computer network using cross-domain security-relevant information
    Patent number: 11316879
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for protecting a host computer in a computer network from security threats uses local security-relevant data for the host computer, as well as global security-relevant data for other components in the computer network downloaded from a security information plane system to the host computer, to determine a security threat to the host computer. When a security threat is determined to be a legitimate threat, a security alert is issued, and then an action is initiated in response to the security alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: David Ott, Lei Xu, Ruimin Sun, Vijay Ganti, Dennis R. Moreau
  • System and method for managing security-relevant information in a computer network
    Patent number: 11178181
    Abstract: System and method for managing security-relevant information in a computer network uses a security information plane (SIP) manager to which different types of security-relevant data are uploaded from components in the computer network and from which networkwide aggregated security information produced from the security-relevant data is download to a global security controller. The downloaded networkwide aggregated security information is used by the global security controller to control security applications running in the computer network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: David Ott, Lei Xu, Dennis R. Moreau
  • SECURITY PROTECTION FOR A HOST COMPUTER IN A COMPUTER NETWORK USING CROSS-DOMAIN SECURITY-RELEVANT INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20200236122
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for protecting a host computer in a computer network from security threats uses local security-relevant data for the host computer, as well as global security-relevant data for other components in the computer network downloaded from a security information plane system to the host computer, to determine a security threat to the host computer. When a security threat is determined to be a legitimate threat, a security alert is issued, and then an action is initiated in response to the security alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: David OTT, Lei XU, Ruimin SUN, Vijay GANTI, Dennis R. MOREAU
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SECURITY-RELEVANT INFORMATION IN A COMPUTER NETWORK
    Publication number: 20200204592
    Abstract: System and method for managing security-relevant information in a computer network uses a security information plane (SIP) manager to which different types of security-relevant data are uploaded from components in the computer network and from which networkwide aggregated security information produced from the security-relevant data is download to a global security controller. The downloaded networkwide aggregated security information is used by the global security controller to control security applications running in the computer network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: David OTT, Lei XU, Dennis R. MOREAU