Patents by Inventor Guy Howlett

Guy Howlett 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).

  • Publication number: 20250030730
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a cyber threat autonomous response engine configured to control connectivity between a first computing device and a second computing device and take one or more actions to mitigate a cyber threat. The cyber threat autonomous response engine is configured to determine that a connection between a first computing device and a second computing device needs to be modified. The cyber threat autonomous response engine is further configured to identify an indicator in a message transmitted via the connection in accordance with a communication protocol. The cyber threat autonomous response engine is further configured to determine, based on the indicator and knowledge about a previously observed sequence of messages communicated between the first computing device and the second computing device in accordance with the communication protocol, a plurality of triggers to be sent to one or both of the first computing device and the second computing device to modify the connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Guy Howlett, Jack Stockdale
  • Publication number: 20240031380
    Abstract: A device linking service can unify data streams from different sources of access into a network to get a composite picture of a behavior of an individual physical network device that has different device identifiers from the different sources of access into the network via cross-referencing information from the different sources of access into the network. The device linking service creates a unified network device identifier for the different device identifiers from the different sources of access into the network. The device linking service supplies the unified network device identifier and associated information with the different device identifiers from the different sources of access into the network to a prediction engine. The prediction engine runs a simulation of attack paths for the network that a cyber threat may take.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jake Lal, Guy Howlett, Alexander Fox Thomson, James Rees Wingar, Andrew Woodford
  • Publication number: 20210273949
    Abstract: A traffic manager module of a cyber threat defense platform that can differentiate between data flows to a client device. A registration module can register a connection between devices within a client network to transmit a series of data packets. A classifier module can execute a comparison of features of the connection to a set of interest criteria to determine an interest level for the cyber threat defense platform in the connection. The classifier module can apply an interest classifier describing the interest level to the connection based on the comparison. A deep packet inspection engine can examine the data packets of the connection for cyber threats if the interest classifier indicates interest. A diverter can shunt the data packets of the connection away from the deep packet inspection engine if the interest classifier indicates no interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Guy Howlett, Alex Markham, Martina Balintova, Andrew Woodford, Jack Stockdale