Patents by Inventor Engin Kirda

Engin Kirda 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: 9516039
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for behavioral detection of suspicious host activities in an enterprise are provided herein. A method includes processing log data derived from one or more data sources associated with an enterprise network over a given period of time, wherein the enterprise network comprises multiple host devices; extracting one or more features from said log data on a per host device basis, wherein said extracting comprises: determining a pattern of behavior associated with the multiple host devices based on said processing; and identifying said features representative of host device behavior based on the determined pattern of behavior; clustering the multiple host devices into one or more groups based on said one or more features; and identifying a behavioral anomaly associated with one of the multiple host devices by comparing said host device to the one or more groups across the multiple host devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Ting-Fang Yen, Alina Oprea, Kaan Onarlioglu, Todd Leetham, William Robertson, Ari Juels, Engin Kirda