Patents by Inventor Derek John Mezack

Derek John Mezack 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: 8141157
    Abstract: A security management system includes a fusion engine which “fuses” or assembles information from multiple data sources and analyzes this information in order to detect relationships between raw events that may indicate malicious behavior and to provide an organized presentation of information to consoles without slowing down the processing performed by the data sources. The multiple data sources can comprise sensors or detectors that monitor network traffic or individual computers or both. The sensors can comprise devices that may be used in intrusion detection systems (IDS). The data sources can also comprise firewalls, audit systems, and other like security or IDS devices that monitor data traffic in real-time. The present invention can identify relationships between one or more real-time, raw computer events as they are received in real-time. The fusion engine can also assess and rank the risk of real-time raw events as well as mature correlation events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy P. Farley, John M. Hammer, Bryan Douglas Williams, Philip Charles Brass, George C. Young, Derek John Mezack
  • Publication number: 20100083382
    Abstract: A security management system includes a fusion engine which “fuses” or assembles information from multiple data sources and analyzes this information in order to detect relationships between raw events that may indicate malicious behavior and to provide an organized presentation of information to consoles without slowing down the processing performed by the data sources. The multiple data sources can comprise sensors or detectors that monitor network traffic or individual computers or both. The sensors can comprise devices that may be used in intrusion detection systems (IDS). The data sources can also comprise firewalls, audit systems, and other like security or IDS devices that monitor data traffic in real-time. The present invention can identify relationships between one or more real-time, raw computer events as they are received in real-time. The fusion engine can also assess and rank the risk of real-time raw events as well as mature correlation events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Timothy P. Farley, John M. Hammer, Bryan Douglas Williams, Philip Charles Brass, George C. Young, Derek John Mezack
  • Publication number: 20080148398
    Abstract: A network security analysis tool and related systems and methods are disclosed. The disclosed invention can accept user input to define network security threat models. The system can collect event data from one or more network devices and analyze that data for the existence of activity matching the defined threat models. The collected data can be translated into a common format for storage in a database of the invented system. The system can create threat models to track network threats found in the collected data that both partially and completely match one or more threat model definitions. The resulting threat models can be displayed on a console to show threat progression in near real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Derek John Mezack, David M. Hodges, Donald Jay Hodges
  • Patent number: 7089428
    Abstract: A security management system includes a fusion engine which “fuses” or assembles information from multiple data sources and analyzes this information in order to detect relationships between raw events that may indicate malicious behavior and to provide an organized presentation of information to consoles without slowing down the processing performed by the data sources. The multiple data sources can comprise sensors or detectors that monitor network traffic or individual computers or both. The sensors can comprise devices that may be used in intrusion detection systems (IDS). The data sources can also comprise firewalls, audit systems, and other like security or IDS devices that monitor data traffic in real-time. The present invention can identify relationships between one or more real-time, raw computer events as they are received in real-time. The fusion engine can also assess and rank the risk of real-time raw events as well as mature correlation events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Internet Security Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy P. Farley, John M. Hammer, Bryan Douglas Williams, Philip Charles Brass, George C. Young, Derek John Mezack
  • Publication number: 20020078381
    Abstract: A security management system includes a fusion engine which "fuses" or assembles information from multiple data sources and analyzes this information in order to detect relationships between raw events that may indicate malicious behavior and to provide an organized presentation of information to consoles without slowing down the processing performed by the data sources. The multiple data sources can comprise sensors or detectors that monitor network traffic or individual computers or both. The sensors can comprise devices that may be used in intrusion detection systems (IDS). The data sources can also comprise firewalls, audit systems, and other like security or IDS devices that monitor data traffic in real-time. The present invention can identify relationships between one or more real-time, raw computer events as they are received in real-time. The fusion engine can also assess and rank the risk of real-time raw events as well as mature correlation events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: Internet Security Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy P. Farley , John M. Hammer , Bryan Douglas Williams , Philip Charles Brass , George C. Young , Derek John Mezack