Patents by Inventor Nizar A. Basan

Nizar A. Basan 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: 20230281301
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) includes a memory to store a secure event log associated with one or more attributes of the IHS, and computer-executable code to obtain a system time from a system clock of the IHS, obtain a network time from a network time protocol (NTP) server, and compare the system time against the network time. When the obtained system time does not match the obtained network time, set a system clock attack chain vector in the secure event log and generate an Indicator of Attack (IoA) report based at least in part, on the system clock attack chain vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Marc N. McGarry, Nizar A. Basan, Weiqing Cai
  • Publication number: 20220414220
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a basic input/output system (BIOS), a memory, and a processor. The processor scans a current state of each BIOS attribute in the BIOS, and stores one or more changed attributes in a secure event log in the memory. The processor converts each changed attribute into a different threat event including a first changed attribute into a first threat event. The processor provides a list of threat events to multiple threat chains, each of which determine whether the threat events match threat criteria in a threat chain policy. In response to the threat event matching a threat criterion in the threat chain policy, the threat chain provides a threat state change to the processor, which in turn provides new threat state changes to a threat state change consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Marc N. McGarry, Nizar A. Basan, Bradley C. Rood, Andy A. Yiu
  • Patent number: 11507661
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a basic input/output system (BIOS), a memory, and a processor. The processor scans a current state of each BIOS attribute in the BIOS, and stores one or more changed attributes in a secure event log in the memory. The processor converts each changed attribute into a different threat event including a first changed attribute into a first threat event. The processor provides a list of threat events to multiple threat chains, each of which determine whether the threat events match threat criteria in a threat chain policy. In response to the threat event matching a threat criterion in the threat chain policy, the threat chain provides a threat state change to the processor, which in turn provides new threat state changes to a threat state change consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Marc N. McGarry, Nizar A. Basan, Bradley C. Rood, Andy A. Yiu
  • Publication number: 20220284097
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a basic input/output system (BIOS), a memory, and a processor. The processor scans a current state of each BIOS attribute in the BIOS, and stores one or more changed attributes in a secure event log in the memory. The processor converts each changed attribute into a different threat event including a first changed attribute into a first threat event. The processor provides a list of threat events to multiple threat chains, each of which determine whether the threat events match threat criteria in a threat chain policy. In response to the threat event matching a threat criterion in the threat chain policy, the threat chain provides a threat state change to the processor, which in turn provides new threat state changes to a threat state change consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Marc N. McGarry, Nizar A. Basan, Bradley C. Rood, Andy A. Yiu