Patents by Inventor Thaddeus A. Palus

Thaddeus A. Palus 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: 12003594
    Abstract: Performing multi-layer network discovery of an operational technology (OT) network includes receiving a plurality of discovery data sets, each identifying a respective subset of a plurality of nodes within an OT network having a plurality of network layers, wherein the respective subset of the plurality of nodes for a first discovery data set are disposed within at least two network layers of the plurality of network layers, identifying a set of nodes within the OT network that appear in two or more of the plurality of discovery data sets, generating a holistic discovery data set for the OT network based on the plurality of discovery data sets and the identified set of nodes within the OT network that appear in the two or more of the plurality of discovery data sets, and generating a visualization of the plurality of nodes within the OT network based on the holistic discovery data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy C. Mirth, Taryl J. Jasper, Terence S. Tenorio, Thaddeus A. Palus
  • Publication number: 20240031445
    Abstract: Performing multi-layer network discovery of an operational technology (OT) network includes receiving a plurality of discovery data sets, each identifying a respective subset of a plurality of nodes within an OT network having a plurality of network layers, wherein the respective subset of the plurality of nodes for a first discovery data set are disposed within at least two network layers of the plurality of network layers, identifying a set of nodes within the OT network that appear in two or more of the plurality of discovery data sets, generating a holistic discovery data set for the OT network based on the plurality of discovery data sets and the identified set of nodes within the OT network that appear in the two or more of the plurality of discovery data sets, and generating a visualization of the plurality of nodes within the OT network based on the holistic discovery data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy C. Mirth, Taryl J. Jasper, Terence S. Tenorio, Thaddeus A. Palus
  • Publication number: 20240028009
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, from an enterprise network, data associated with one or more industrial automation systems operated by an enterprise, wherein the data includes design artifacts of the one or more industrial automation systems, run time data collected from the one or more industrial automation systems, or both, inputting the data to a machine learning-based security policy development engine to generate a set of recommended security policies for the enterprise based on the data, receiving the set of recommended security policies for the one or more industrial automation systems output by the security policy development engine, wherein the set of recommended security policies define access, use, or both, of the one or more industrial automation systems operated by the enterprise; and transmitting the set of recommended security policies to the enterprise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy C. Mirth, Taryl J. Jasper, Terence S. Tenorio, Thaddeus A. Palus