Patents by Inventor Sven Schrecker

Sven Schrecker 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: 11875342
    Abstract: An attempted transaction is identified involving a customer device and the first customer device is redirected to a security broker. A security report for the first customer device is received from the security broker. The security report is based on security data transmitted from the customer device to the security broker. An action can be performed in association with the attempted transaction based at least in part on the received security report. In some aspects, the security broker receives security data describing security conditions on the customer device in connection with the transaction between the customer device and a transaction partner. A risk tolerance policy is identified that corresponds to the transaction partner, such as an ecommerce provider. A security report is generated based on a comparison of the risk tolerance policy and the security data and the security report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Condry, Sven Schrecker
  • Patent number: 11483334
    Abstract: A set of attributes of a particular asset of a computing environment is identified that are determined from data collected by one or more utilities in the computing environment. A criticality rating is automatically determined for the particular asset based at least in part on the set of attributes. A security activity is caused to be performed relating to the particular asset based on the automatically determined criticality rating of the particular asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja, Sven Schrecker
  • Patent number: 11381396
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a processor to execute instructions and having at least a first logic to execute in a trusted execution environment, a secure storage to store a platform group credential, and a first logical device comprising at least one hardware logic. The platform group credential may be dynamically provisioned into the apparatus and corresponding to an enhanced privacy identifier associated with the apparatus. The first logical device may have a first platform group private key dynamically provisioned into the first logical device and corresponding to an enhanced privacy identifier associated with the first logical device, to bind the first logical device to the apparatus. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: MCAFEE, LLC
    Inventors: Ned M. Smith, Sven Schrecker
  • Patent number: 11245687
    Abstract: An opportunity for a computing device to participate in a secure session with a particular domain is identified. A secured microcontroller of the computing device is used to identify a secured, persistent seed corresponding to the particular domain and stored in secured memory of the computing device. A secure identifier is derived based on the seed and sent for use by the particular domain in authenticating the computing device to the particular domain for the secure session. The particular domain can further apply security policies to transactions involving the computing device and particular domain based at least in part on the secure identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Edward Von Bokern, Purushottam Goel, Sven Schrecker, Ned Mcarthur Smith
  • Publication number: 20210350361
    Abstract: An attempted transaction is identified involving a customer device and the first customer device is redirected to a security broker. A security report for the first customer device is received from the security broker. The security report is based on security data transmitted from the customer device to the security broker. An action can be performed in association with the attempted transaction based at least in part on the received security report. In some aspects, the security broker receives security data describing security conditions on the customer device in connection with the transaction between the customer device and a transaction partner. A risk tolerance policy is identified that corresponds to the transaction partner, such as an ecommerce provider. A security report is generated based on a comparison of the risk tolerance policy and the security data and the security report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Condry, Sven Schrecker
  • Patent number: 11159558
    Abstract: A query is received from a particular endpoint device identifying a particular wireless access point encountered by the particular endpoint device. Pre-existing risk assessment data is identified for the identified particular wireless access point and query result data is sent to the particular endpoint device characterizing pre-assessed risk associated with the particular wireless access point. In some instances, the query result data is generated based on the pre-existing risk assessment data. In some instances, pre-existing risk assessment data can be the result of an earlier risk assessment carried-out at least in part by an endpoint device interfacing with and testing the particular wireless access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Prasanna Ganapathi Basavapatna, Satish Kumar Gaddala, Sven Schrecker, David Moshe Goldschlag
  • Patent number: 11030617
    Abstract: An attempted transaction is identified involving a customer device and the first customer device is redirected to a security broker. A security report for the first customer device is received from the security broker. The security report is based on security data transmitted from the customer device to the security broker. An action can be performed in association with the attempted transaction based at least in part on the received security report. In some aspects, the security broker receives security data describing security conditions on the customer device in connection with the transaction between the customer device and a transaction partner. A risk tolerance policy is identified that corresponds to the transaction partner, such as an ecommerce provider. A security report is generated based on a comparison of the risk tolerance policy and the security data and the security report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Condry, Sven Schrecker
  • Publication number: 20210014220
    Abstract: A secure identifier is derived, using a secured microcontroller of a computing device, that is unique to a pairing of the computing device and a particular domain. Secure posture data corresponding to attributes of the computing device is identified in secured memory of the computing device. The secure identifier and security posture is sent in a secured container to a management device of the particular domain. The particular domain can utilize the information in the secured container to authenticate the computing device and determine a security task to be performed relating to interactions of the computing device with the particular domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Vincent Edward Von Bokern, Purushottam Goel, Sven Schrecker, Ned McArthur Smith
  • Publication number: 20200344257
    Abstract: A query is received from a particular endpoint device identifying a particular wireless access point encountered by the particular endpoint device. Pre-existing risk assessment data is identified for the identified particular wireless access point and query result data is sent to the particular endpoint device characterizing pre-assessed risk associated with the particular wireless access point. In some instances, the query result data is generated based on the pre-existing risk assessment data. In some instances, pre-existing risk assessment data can be the result of an earlier risk assessment carried-out at least in part by an endpoint device interfacing with and testing the particular wireless access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Prasanna Ganapathi Basavapatna, Satish Kumar Gaddala, Sven Schrecker, David Moshe Goldschlag
  • Publication number: 20200322372
    Abstract: A set of attributes of a particular asset of a computing environment is identified that are determined from data collected by one or more utilities in the computing environment. A criticality rating is automatically determined for the particular asset based at least in part on the set of attributes. A security activity is caused to be performed relating to the particular asset based on the automatically determined criticality rating of the particular asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja, Sven Schrecker
  • Patent number: 10757094
    Abstract: A secure identifier is derived, using a secured microcontroller of a computing device, that is unique to a pairing of the computing device and a particular domain. Secure posture data corresponding to attributes of the computing device is identified in secured memory of the computing device. The secure identifier and security posture is sent in a secured container to a management device of the particular domain. The particular domain can utilize the information in the secured container to authenticate the computing device and determine a security task to be performed relating to interactions of the computing device with the particular domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Edward Von Bokern, Purushottam Goel, Sven Schrecker, Ned McArthur Smith
  • Publication number: 20200267135
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a processor to execute instructions and having at least a first logic to execute in a trusted execution environment, a secure storage to store a platform group credential, and a first logical device comprising at least one hardware logic. The platform group credential may be dynamically provisioned into the apparatus and corresponding to an enhanced privacy identifier associated with the apparatus. The first logical device may have a first platform group private key dynamically provisioned into the first logical device and corresponding to an enhanced privacy identifier associated with the first logical device, to bind the first logical device to the apparatus. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Ned M. Smith, Sven Schrecker
  • Patent number: 10735454
    Abstract: A set of attributes of a particular asset of a computing environment is identified that are determined from data collected by one or more utilities in the computing environment. A criticality rating is automatically determined for the particular asset based at least in part on the set of attributes. A security activity is caused to be performed relating to the particular asset based on the automatically determined criticality rating of the particular asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja, Sven Schrecker
  • Patent number: 10701098
    Abstract: A query is received from a particular endpoint device identifying a particular wireless access point encountered by the particular endpoint device. Pre-existing risk assessment data is identified for the identified particular wireless access point and query result data is sent to the particular endpoint device characterizing pre-assessed risk associated with the particular wireless access point. In some instances, the query result data is generated based on the pre-existing risk assessment data. In some instances, pre-existing risk assessment data can be the result of an earlier risk assessment carried-out at least in part by an endpoint device interfacing with and testing the particular wireless access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Prasanna Ganapathi Basavapatna, Satish Kumar Gaddala, Sven Schrecker, David Moshe Goldschlag
  • Patent number: 10574636
    Abstract: A method for migrating logical devices from one Internet of Things (IoT) device to another includes: receiving, by a first IoT device having a first platform group key, a request to migrate a first logical device from the first IoT device to a second IoT device having a second platform group key; removing a first logical device platform group private key associated with the first logical device from a storage of the first IoT device; sending an encrypted state of the first logical device to the second IoT device; and binding the first logical device to the second IoT device by receiving a second logical device platform group private key for the first logical device from a zone controller; and storing the second logical device platform group private key in a storage of the second IoT device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Ned M. Smith, Sven Schrecker
  • Publication number: 20200045039
    Abstract: An opportunity for a computing device to participate in a secure session with a particular domain is identified. A secured microcontroller of the computing device is used to identify a secured, persistent seed corresponding to the particular domain and stored in secured memory of the computing device. A secure identifier is derived based on the seed and sent for use by the particular domain in authenticating the computing device to the particular domain for the secure session. The particular domain can further apply security policies to transactions involving the computing device and particular domain based at least in part on the secure identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Edward Von Bokern, Purushottam Goel, Sven Schrecker, Ned Mcarthur Smith
  • Patent number: 10505965
    Abstract: A particular activity performed by a particular user of a computing device is identified, for instance, by an agent installed on the computing device. It is determined that the particular activity qualifies as a particular use violation in a plurality of pre-defined use violations. A behavioral risk score for the particular score for the user is determined based at least in part on the determination that the particular activity of the particular user qualifies as a particular use violation. Determining that the particular activity qualifies as a particular use violation can include determining that the particular activity violates a particular rule or event trigger corresponding to a particular pre-defined use violation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Mason Moyle, Prasanna Ganapathi Basavapatna, Sven Schrecker
  • Patent number: 10482217
    Abstract: Managing playback of a media file, including detecting, while a media file is playing, a trigger mechanism indicating a change in optimal play characteristics of the media file from an original format, wherein the playback of the media file is associated with a first license, in response to detecting the trigger mechanism, instructing a trusted execution environment to request an updated license from a content provider of the media file, and upon receiving a second license for the media file, the trusted execution environment enforces play of the media file using the second license for a second format. The second license allows for the play of the media file to continue at the optimal play characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Rajesh Poornachandran, Ned M. Smith, Sven Schrecker, William J. Lewis, Manoj R. Sastry
  • Patent number: 10432616
    Abstract: An opportunity for a computing device to participate in a secure session with a particular domain is identified. A secured microcontroller of the computing device is used to identify a secured, persistent seed corresponding to the particular domain and stored in secured memory of the computing device. A secure identifier is derived based on the seed and sent for use by the particular domain in authenticating the computing device to the particular domain for the secure session. The particular domain can further apply security policies to transactions involving the computing device and particular domain based at least in part on the secure identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Edward Von Bokern, Purushottam Goel, Sven Schrecker, Ned McArthur Smith
  • Publication number: 20190253450
    Abstract: A set of attributes of a particular asset of a computing environment is identified that are determined from data collected by one or more utilities in the computing environment. A criticality rating is automatically determined for the particular asset based at least in part on the set of attributes. A security activity is caused to be performed relating to the particular asset based on the automatically determined criticality rating of the particular asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja, Sven Schrecker