Patents by Inventor Richard Paul Cosgrove

Richard Paul Cosgrove 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: 20220360594
    Abstract: An enterprise security system is improved by taking remedial actions responsive to detecting attempts at tampering with computing resources. When a tamper detection instrument detects an attempt at tampering, information about the attempt at tampering may be used to identify one or more candidate types of threats and/or candidate threats. One or more remedial actions associated with the threat or type of threat can be identified and applied in ten enterprise network environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: Richard Paul Cosgrove
  • Patent number: 11182486
    Abstract: A security driver loads early in the boot process for a compute instance and detects processes that are subsequently launched. The detected processes can be recorded, and then scanned with any suitable malware scanning tool(s) once a user mode is available on the compute instance. After the operating system is installed and a user mode is available, other scanning tools may also be deployed (e.g., in the user mode) to augment security of the compute instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sophos Limited
    Inventors: Richard Paul Cosgrove, Mark David Harris, Andrew G. P. Smith
  • Patent number: 10963569
    Abstract: A security driver loads early in the boot process for a compute instance and detects processes that are subsequently launched and/or terminated. The detected processes can be recorded, and then scanned with any suitable malware scanning tool(s) once a user mode is available on the compute instance, including any processes that are terminated before such scanning tools are launched. After the operating system is installed and a user mode is available, other scanning tools may also be deployed (e.g., in the user mode) to augment security of the compute instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Sophos Limited
    Inventors: Mark David Harris, Andrew G. P. Smith, Richard Paul Cosgrove
  • Publication number: 20200394300
    Abstract: A security driver loads early in the boot process for a compute instance and detects processes that are subsequently launched and/or terminated. The detected processes can be recorded, and then scanned with any suitable malware scanning tool(s) once a user mode is available on the compute instance, including any processes that are terminated before such scanning tools are launched. After the operating system is installed and a user mode is available, other scanning tools may also be deployed (e.g., in the user mode) to augment security of the compute instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Mark David Harris, Andrew G. P. Smith, Richard Paul Cosgrove
  • Publication number: 20200394305
    Abstract: A security driver loads early in the boot process for a compute instance and detects processes that are subsequently launched. The detected processes can be recorded, and then scanned with any suitable malware scanning tool(s) once a user mode is available on the compute instance. After the operating system is installed and a user mode is available, other scanning tools may also be deployed (e.g., in the user mode) to augment security of the compute instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Paul Cosgrove, Mark David Harris, Andrew G. P. Smith