Patents by Inventor Edwin Donald Sutherland

Edwin Donald Sutherland 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).

  • Enforcing security policies in a zero trust security framework using a behavioral score
    Patent number: 12278843
    Abstract: A management server retrieves access logs associated with a plurality of identities and generates a plurality of behavioral scores for the plurality of identities. The behavioral score for a particular identity increases responsive to access approvals and decreases responsive to access denials for that particular identity. A proxy server receives a first request to access a resource associated with a first identity of the plurality of identities and determines a zero trust access policy for the resource. When a first behavioral score for the first identity satisfies a behavioral score threshold for the zero trust access policy, the proxy server provides the resource. The proxy server receives a second request to access the resource associated with a second identity. When a second behavioral score for the second identity fails to satisfy the behavioral score threshold, the proxy server performs an action defined in the zero trust access policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.
    Inventors: Edwin Donald Sutherland, Sheril Nagoormeera
  • ENFORCING SECURITY POLICIES IN A ZERO TRUST SECURITY FRAMEWORK USING A BEHAVIORAL SCORE
    Publication number: 20240291867
    Abstract: A management server retrieves access logs associated with a plurality of identities and generates a plurality of behavioral scores for the plurality of identities. The behavioral score for a particular identity increases responsive to access approvals and decreases responsive to access denials for that particular identity. A proxy server receives a first request to access a resource associated with a first identity of the plurality of identities and determines a zero trust access policy for the resource. When a first behavioral score for the first identity satisfies a behavioral score threshold for the zero trust access policy, the proxy server provides the resource. The proxy server receives a second request to access the resource associated with a second identity. When a second behavioral score for the second identity fails to satisfy the behavioral score threshold, the proxy server performs an action defined in the zero trust access policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Edwin Donald Sutherland, Sheril Nagoormeera
  • Enforcing security policies in a zero trust security framework using a behavioral score
    Patent number: 11870818
    Abstract: A management server retrieves access logs associated with a plurality of identities and generates a plurality of behavioral scores for the plurality of identities. The behavioral score for a particular identity increases responsive to access approvals and decreases responsive to access denials for that particular identity. A proxy server receives a first request to access a resource associated with a first identity of the plurality of identities and determines a zero trust access policy for the resource. When a first behavioral score for the first identity satisfies a behavioral score threshold for the zero trust access policy, the proxy server provides the resource. The proxy server receives a second request to access the resource associated with a second identity. When a second behavioral score for the second identity fails to satisfy the behavioral score threshold, the proxy server performs an action defined in the zero trust access policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.
    Inventors: Edwin Donald Sutherland, Sheril Nagoormeera