Patents by Inventor Katherine McDonald

Katherine McDonald 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: 11151272
    Abstract: A computing environment for monitoring usage of an application to identify characteristics and trigger security control includes an application system that performs a query configured to identify any application calls performed in a predetermined period of time within the computing environment; for each identified application call, builds a corresponding application characteristics entry in a database; for each identified application call, identifies a plurality of characteristics of the called application including at least one downstream resource; associates the identified plurality of characteristics with the application characteristics entry in the database, thereby creating an application mapping; identifies security controls associated with each of the applications in the application mapping; associates the identified security controls with the associated application characteristics entry in the application mapping; and automatically triggers assessment of an effectiveness of the security controls in re
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katherine McDonald, Nicolette Boyd
  • Publication number: 20200159951
    Abstract: A computing environment for monitoring usage of an application to identify characteristics and trigger security control includes an application system that performs a query configured to identify any application calls performed in a predetermined period of time within the computing environment; for each identified application call, builds a corresponding application characteristics entry in a database; for each identified application call, identifies a plurality of characteristics of the called application including at least one downstream resource; associates the identified plurality of characteristics with the application characteristics entry in the database, thereby creating an application mapping; identifies security controls associated with each of the applications in the application mapping; associates the identified security controls with the associated application characteristics entry in the application mapping; and automatically triggers assessment of an effectiveness of the security controls in re
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katherine McDonald, Nicolette Boyd
  • Patent number: 10607021
    Abstract: A computing environment for monitoring usage of an application to identify characteristics and trigger security control includes an application system that performs a query configured to identify any application calls performed in a predetermined period of time within the computing environment; for each identified application call, builds a corresponding application characteristics entry in a database; for each identified application call, identifies a plurality of characteristics of the called application including at least one downstream resource; associates the identified plurality of characteristics with the application characteristics entry in the database, thereby creating an application mapping; identifies security controls associated with each of the applications in the application mapping; associates the identified security controls with the associated application characteristics entry in the application mapping; and automatically triggers assessment of an effectiveness of the security controls in re
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katherine McDonald, Nicolette Boyd
  • Publication number: 20190236294
    Abstract: A computing environment for monitoring usage of an application to identify characteristics and trigger security control includes an application system that performs a query configured to identify any application calls performed in a predetermined period of time within the computing environment; for each identified application call, builds a corresponding application characteristics entry in a database; for each identified application call, identifies a plurality of characteristics of the called application including at least one downstream resource; associates the identified plurality of characteristics with the application characteristics entry in the database, thereby creating an application mapping; identifies security controls associated with each of the applications in the application mapping; associates the identified security controls with the associated application characteristics entry in the application mapping; and automatically triggers assessment of an effectiveness of the security controls in re
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Katherine McDonald, Nicolette Boyd
  • Patent number: 9635034
    Abstract: A platform for providing authorization of electronic communication of secure data to external entities, e.g., vendors, third parties or the like based on an assessment of the data risk associated with communicating the data to the external entity. The secure data that is to be communicated, in the form of specific data items, are identified as well as the associated security standards. The external identity is assessed to ensure their capabilities to properly meet the enterprise/sender's information security, business privacy and continuity standards, along with applicable industry standards. Based on the results of the assessment, remediation action may be required to address critical vulnerabilities or recommendations may be presented to a decision-making entity to grant authorization to electronically communicate the data in question to the external entity. In response to granting authorization, secure communication channels are allocated and established to allow for communication of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean Jamison, Diane Bomba, Sorin N. Cismas, Michelle Kaiser, Manu Jacob Kurian, Katherine McDonald, David Orr, Marc Sandlhauser, James P. Scopis, Tom Van Beek, David Weaver
  • Publication number: 20160197935
    Abstract: A platform for providing authorization of electronic communication of secure data to external entities, e.g., vendors, third parties or the like based on an assessment of the data risk associated with communicating the data to the external entity. The secure data that is to be communicated, in the form of specific data items, are identified as well as the associated security standards. The external identity is assessed to ensure their capabilities to properly meet the enterprise/sender's information security, business privacy and continuity standards, along with applicable industry standards. Based on the results of the assessment, remediation action may be required to address critical vulnerabilities or recommendations may be presented to a decision-making entity to grant authorization to electronically communicate the data in question to the external entity. In response to granting authorization, secure communication channels are allocated and established to allow for communication of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Sean Jamison, Diane Bomba, Sorin N. Cismas, Michelle Kaiser, Manu Jacob Kurian, Katherine McDonald, David Orr, Marc Sandlhauser, James P. Scopis, Tom Van Beek, David Weaver