Patents by Inventor Richard A. Ford

Richard A. Ford 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: 20200257822
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for generating session-based security information. Generating the session-based security information includes the steps of monitoring user behavior between an enactor and an entity; detecting user behavior data associated with the user behavior; generating a session using the user behavior data, the session relating to an entity discrete interaction of the enactor; and, associating the session and the session-based security information with the user profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Richard A. Ford, Ann Irvine, Russell Snyder, Adam Reeve
  • Publication number: 20200257823
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for adaptively remediating multivariate risk, comprising: detecting a violation of a multivariate security policy, the multivariate security policy comprising a plurality of variables; identifying a variable from the plurality of variables associated with a cause of the violation; associating an entity with the variable associated with the cause of the violation; and, adaptively remediating a risk associated with the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Richard A. Ford, Ann Irvine, Adam Reeve
  • Patent number: 10733323
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for performing a privacy operation, comprising: monitoring user behavior via an Input/output collector, the Input/output collector capturing user/device interactions between a user and a device; determining whether the user/device interactions include sensitive personal information; obfuscating the sensitive personal information, the obfuscating preventing viewing of the sensitive personal information; storing obfuscated sensitive personal information within an obfuscated sensitive personal information repository; and, allowing access to the obfuscated sensitive personal information stored within the obfuscated sensitive personal information repository only when an administrator is authorized to access the obfuscated sensitive personal information so as to provide conditional sensitive personal information access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Ford, Christopher B. Shirey, Jonathan B. Knepher, Lidror Troyansky
  • Patent number: 10664614
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for adaptively assessing risk associated with an endpoint, comprising: determining a risk level corresponding to an entity associated with an endpoint; selecting a frequency and a duration of an endpoint monitoring interval; collecting user behavior to collect user behavior associated with the entity for the duration of the endpoint monitoring interval via the endpoint; processing the user behavior to generate a current risk score for the entity; comparing the current risk score of the user to historical risk scores to determine whether a risk score of a user has changed; and changing the risk score of the user to the current risk score when the risk score of the user has changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Ford, Ann Irvine, Adam Reeve, Russell Snyder, Benjamin Shih
  • Publication number: 20200145447
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-usable medium for protecting against contagion-based risk events are disclosed for monitoring behavior of users to construct a contagion network relationship map of connection and influence relationships between different users and then analyzing a received stream of events from the users to identify a critical event performed by a first user having a first risk score so that one or more propagated risk scores can be generated from the first risk score for at least a first connected user based on connection and influence relationships between the first user and the first connected user that are extracted from the contagion network relationship so that an adaptive response may be automatically generated to protect and control against actions by at least the first connected user based on the one or more propagated risk scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: David Coffey, Richard A. Ford, Ann Irvine, Kristin Machacek Leary
  • Publication number: 20200143055
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for generating an adaptive trust profile via an adaptive trust profile operation. In various embodiments the adaptive trust profile operation includes monitoring an electronically-observable action of an entity, the electronically-observable action of the entity corresponding to an event enacted by the entity; converting the electronically-observable action of the entity to electronic information representing the action of the entity; generating the adaptive trust profile based upon the action of the entity; and, deriving an inference regarding the action of the entity using the adaptive trust profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Richard A. Ford
  • Patent number: 10642998
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for generating session-based security information. Generating the session-based security information includes the steps of monitoring user behavior between an enactor and an entity; detecting user behavior data associated with the user behavior; generating a session using the user behavior data, the session relating to an entity discrete interaction of the enactor; and, associating the session and the session-based security information with the user profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Ford, Ann Irvine, Russell Snyder, Adam Reeve
  • Patent number: 10642997
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for adaptively assessing risk associated with an endpoint, comprising: determining a risk level corresponding to an entity associated with an endpoint; selecting a frequency and a duration of an endpoint monitoring interval; collecting user behavior to collect user behavior associated with the entity for the duration of the endpoint monitoring interval via the endpoint; processing the user behavior to generate a current risk score for the entity; comparing the current risk score of the user to historical risk scores to determine whether a risk score of a user has changed; and changing the risk score of the user to the current risk score when the risk score of the user has changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Ford, Ann Irvine, Adam Reeve, Russell Snyder, Benjamin Shih
  • Patent number: 10642996
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for adaptively remediating multivariate risk, comprising: detecting a violation of a multivariate security policy, the multivariate security policy comprising a plurality of variables; identifying a variable from the plurality of variables associated with a cause of the violation; associating an entity with the variable associated with the cause of the violation; and, adaptively remediating a risk associated with the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Ford, Ann Irvine, Adam Reeve
  • Publication number: 20200128035
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for automating the assessment of security vulnerabilities associated with a user module via a user module assessment operation. The user assessment operation includes receiving a request from a user module via an edge device; determining whether the request includes a persistent session cookie; determining whether the user module should be assessed to detect security vulnerabilities; resetting information contained in the persistent session cookie when the user module should be accessed to detect security vulnerabilities; redirecting the user module for assessment; and, performing an assessment of the user module to detect possible security vulnerabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Richard A. Ford, Roman Kleiner
  • Publication number: 20200128048
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for generating an adaptive trust profile via an adaptive trust profile operation. In various embodiments the adaptive trust profile operation includes: monitoring a plurality of electronically-observable actions of an entity, the plurality of electronically-observable actions of the entity corresponding to a respective plurality of events enacted by the entity; converting the plurality of electronically-observable actions of the entity to electronic information representing the plurality of actions of the entity; and generating the adaptive trust profile based upon the plurality of actions of the entity, the adaptive trust profile being generated by an adaptive trust profile system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventor: Richard A. Ford
  • Patent number: 10623431
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for performing a psychological profile operation. The psychological profile operation includes: monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions into electronic information representing the user interactions; determining when the user interactions are associated with generation of an electronic communication; associating the user interactions with the electronic communication; and, generating a psychological profile of the user based upon the user interactions and the electronic communication, the psychological profile comprising information regarding a psychological state of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventor: Richard A. Ford
  • Publication number: 20200112576
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for generating an adaptive trust profile via an adaptive trust profile operation. In various embodiments the adaptive trust profile operation includes: monitoring a plurality of electronically-observable actions of an entity, the plurality of electronically-observable actions of the entity corresponding to a plurality of respective events enacted by the entity; converting the plurality of electronically-observable actions of the entity to electronic information representing the plurality of actions of the entity; and generating the adaptive trust profile based upon the plurality of actions of the entity, the adaptive trust profile comprising a plurality of adaptive trust profile components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Richard A. Ford
  • Publication number: 20200097667
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for generating an adaptive trust profile via an adaptive trust profile operation. In various embodiments the adaptive trust profile operation includes: monitoring a plurality of electronically-observable actions of an entity, the plurality of electronically-observable actions of the entity corresponding to a respective plurality of events enacted by the entity, the monitoring comprising monitoring at least one of the plurality of electronically-observable actions via a protected endpoint; converting the plurality of electronically-observable actions of the entity to electronic information representing the plurality of actions of the entity; and generating an adaptive trust profile based upon the action of the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: Richard A. Ford
  • Publication number: 20200076826
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for mitigating security breaches associated with dissemination of protected data. In certain embodiments, the method includes receiving information communicated to a secured network from a source external to the secured network and determining whether the received information includes protected data. If the received information includes protected data, a determination is made as to whether the receipt of the protected data is anomalous. If the receipt of the protected data is anomalous, one or more sources of egress of the protected data from the secured network are identified. By identifying the sources of egress, actions may be taken to prevent future egress of the protected data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Richard A. Ford
  • Patent number: 10544328
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photoimageable composition comprising a polyamideimide resin, an aprotic solvent, and one or more nitrogen containing ethylenically unsaturated monomers. By addition of the nitrogen containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer, UV curable acrylates can be added to the composition, and the composition is stable. The compositions of the present invention can produce high resolution images that are flexible, hard, and have excellent resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Richard Ford, Stephen Anthony Hall
  • Publication number: 20200028853
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for providing security friction to a request for access to a resource based on whether the access request is atypical. In certain embodiments, a request to access the resource based on a user identity is received electronically. The system determines whether the request is typical or atypical. If the request is typical, access to the requested resource is granted. However, if the request is atypical, access to the requested resource is only allowed if the correct information is provided in response to one or more access control methods that provide an amount of security friction that would otherwise not have been asserted if the resource request was typical. In certain embodiments, an elapsed time between access requests based on the user identity is used to determine whether the access request is atypical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Richard A. Ford, Jeff Timbs, Kurt Natvig
  • Patent number: 10530786
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for generating a user behavior profile, comprising: monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions and the information about the user into electronic information representing the user interactions; generating a unique user behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the user interactions and the information about the user; storing information relating to the unique user behavior profile within a user behavior profile repository; and, storing information referencing the unique user behavior profile in a user behavior blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventor: Richard A. Ford
  • Publication number: 20190387003
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for generating a prepopulated adaptive trust profile via an adaptive trust profile operation. In various embodiments the adaptive trust profile operation includes: receiving a request to generate a prepopulated adaptive trust profile for a target entity; accessing adaptive trust profile data, the adaptive trust profile data comprising a plurality of adaptive trust profiles; identifying an adaptive trust profile relevant to the entity from the plurality of adaptive trust profiles, the adaptive trust profile relevant to the entity comprising at least one substantively similar entity characteristic to an entity characteristic of the target entity; and, generating an adaptive trust profile for the target entity using the adaptive trust profile relevant to the target entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Richard A. Ford, Chad Anson
  • Publication number: 20190387002
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for generating a prepopulated adaptive trust profile via an adaptive trust profile operation. In various embodiments the adaptive trust profile operation includes: receiving a request to generate prepopulated adaptive trust profiles for a plurality of entities within an organization; accessing adaptive trust profile data, the adaptive trust profile data comprising a plurality of adaptive trust profiles, the plurality of adaptive trust profiles being derived from adaptive trust profiles from a similarly situated organization; identifying an adaptive trust profile relevant to each of the plurality of entities; and, generating a respective adaptive trust profile for each of the plurality of entities using the adaptive trust profile relevant to the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Richard A. Ford, Chad Anson