Patents by Inventor Margaret Cunningham

Margaret Cunningham 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: 12212581
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a security operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventors: Nicolas Christian Fischbach, Raffael Marty, Margaret Cunningham, Clifford Charles Wright
  • Patent number: 12189783
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing entity interaction risk analysis operation. The entity interaction risk analysis operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; identifying an interaction between the entity and another entity based upon the monitoring; analyzing the interaction between the entity and the another entity; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Forcepoint Federal Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Margaret Cunningham, Peter Lochlan Stewart
  • Patent number: 12192225
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing entity interaction risk analysis operation. The entity interaction risk analysis operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; identifying an interaction between the entity and another entity based upon the monitoring; analyzing the interaction between the entity and the another entity; determining whether the interaction between the entity and the another entity is non-sanctioned; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the interaction and the determining whether the interaction is non-sanctioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Forcepoint Federal Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Margaret Cunningham, Peter Lochlan Stewart
  • Publication number: 20240171590
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a security operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Nicolas Christian Fischbach, Raffael Marty, Margaret Cunningham, Clifford Charles Wright
  • Patent number: 11888860
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source; the security related activity comprising a concerning behavior, the security related activity being enacted during an activity session; associating the security related activity enacted during an activity session with a security risk persona; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using the security risk persona; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventors: Margaret Cunningham, Clifford Charles Wright
  • Patent number: 11888861
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity of the entity, the security related activity being of analytic utility; accessing an entity behavior catalog based upon the security related activity, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors; and performing a security operation via a human-centric risk modeling framework, the security operation using entity behavior catalog data stored within the entity behavior catalog based upon the security related activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventors: Nicolas Christian Fischbach, Raffael Marty, Margaret Cunningham, Clifford Charles Wright
  • Patent number: 11888859
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using a security risk persona; associating the security risk persona with a phase of a cyber kill chain; and, performing a security operation on the security related activity via a security system, the security operation disrupting performance of the phase of the cyber kill chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventors: Margaret Cunningham, Clifford Charles Wright
  • Patent number: 11843613
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source, the security related activity comprising a concerning behavior; generating a contextual modifier relating to the security related activity; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity being based upon the contextual modifier; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventors: Margaret Cunningham, Clifford Charles Wright
  • Patent number: 11838298
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using a security risk persona; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventors: Margaret Cunningham, Clifford Charles Wright
  • Publication number: 20230388332
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing behavioral risk analysis operation. The behavior risk analysis operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; observing a behavior of the entity based upon the monitoring; identifying a standardized risk factor associated with the entity; analyzing the behavior and the standardized risk factor associated with the entity; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the behavior and the standardized risk factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Margaret Cunningham, Peter Lochlan Stewart
  • Publication number: 20230214498
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing entity interaction risk analysis operation. The entity interaction risk analysis operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; identifying an interaction between the entity and another entity based upon the monitoring; analyzing the interaction between the entity and the another entity; classifying the interaction between the entity and the another entity; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the interaction and the classifying the interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Margaret Cunningham, Peter Lochlan Stewart
  • Publication number: 20230216877
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing entity interaction risk analysis operation. The entity interaction risk analysis operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; identifying an interaction between the entity and another entity based upon the monitoring; analyzing the interaction between the entity and the another entity; determining whether the interaction between the entity and the another entity is non-sanctioned; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the interaction and the determining whether the interaction is non-sanctioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Margaret Cunningham, Peter Lochlan Stewart
  • Publication number: 20230214497
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing entity interaction risk analysis operation. The entity interaction risk analysis operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; identifying an interaction between the entity and another entity based upon the monitoring; analyzing the interaction between the entity and the another entity; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Margaret Cunningham, Peter Lochlan Stewart
  • Patent number: 11630902
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing an entity behavior cataloging operation. The entity behavior cataloging operation includes: identifying a plurality of security related activities, the plurality of security related activities being based upon observables from an electronic data source; analyzing the plurality of security related activities, the analyzing identifying a set of entity behaviors associated with the plurality of security related activities; and, performing a security operation via a security system, the security operation accessing entity behavior catalog data stored within an entity behavior catalog based upon the set of entity behaviors associated with the plurality of security related activities, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors for use when performing the security operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Raffael Marty, Margaret Cunningham, Ruchika Pandey
  • Patent number: 11570197
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security risk modeling operation. The security risk modeling operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using a human-centric risk modeling framework; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventors: Margaret Cunningham, Clifford Charles Wright, Dalwinderjeet Kular Grewal
  • Patent number: 11489862
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity of the entity, the security related activity being based upon the observable derived from the electronic data source, the security related activity being of analytic utility; associating the security related activity with a phase of a cyber kill chain; and, performing a security operation on the security related activity via a security system, the security operation disrupting performance of the phase of the cyber kill chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventors: Margaret Cunningham, Clifford Charles Wright
  • Patent number: 11314871
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity of the entity, the security related activity being based upon the observable derived from the electronic data source, the security related activity being of analytic utility; associating the security related activity with a component of a cyber kill chain; and, performing a security operation on the security related activity via a security system, the security operation disrupting performance of the component of the cyber kill chain by affecting performance of the security related activity by the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Forcepoint, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Raffael Marty, Margaret Cunningham, Clifford Charles Wright
  • Patent number: 11295023
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing an entity behavior cataloging operation. The entity behavior cataloging operation includes: identifying a plurality of security related activities, the plurality of security related activities being based upon an observable from an electronic data source; analyzing the plurality of security related activities, the analyzing identifying a plurality of events of analytic utility associated with the plurality of security related activities; generating a set of entity behavior catalog data based upon the event of analytic utility associated with the security related activity, the set of entity behavior catalog data comprising an associated group of behaviors; and, storing the set of entity behavior data and the associated group of behaviors within an entity behavior catalog, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors for use when performing a security operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Forcepoint, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Raffael Marty, Margaret Cunningham, Ruchika Pandey
  • Patent number: 11223646
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source, the security related activity comprising a concerning behavior, the concerning behavior comprising a security related activity of analytic utility; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity being based upon the concerning behavior; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Forcepoint, LLC
    Inventors: Margaret Cunningham, Clifford Charles Wright
  • Publication number: 20220006818
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using a security risk persona; associating the security risk persona with a phase of a cyber kill chain; and, performing a security operation on the security related activity via a security system, the security operation disrupting performance of the phase of the cyber kill chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Margaret Cunningham, Clifford Charles Wright