Patents by Inventor Todd Wiedman

Todd Wiedman 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: 10708290
    Abstract: An information handling system performs a method for analyzing attacks against a networked system of information handling systems. The method includes detecting a threat indicator, representing the threat indicator in part by numerical parameters, normalizing the numerical parameters, calculating one or more measures of association between the threat indicator and other threat indicators, finding an association of the threat indicator with another threat indicator based upon the normalized numerical parameters, and assigning to the threat indicator a probability that a threat actor group caused the attack, wherein the threat actor group was assigned to the other threat indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SecureWorks Corp.
    Inventors: Doug M. Steelman, Todd Wiedman, Kenneth A. Deitz, Berlene Herren, Edgar L. Deal, Thomas Clements, Brian Miller
  • Patent number: 10587640
    Abstract: An information handling system performs a method for analyzing attacks against a networked system of information handling systems. The method includes detecting a threat indicator, representing the threat indicator in part by numerical parameters, normalizing the numerical parameters, calculating one or more measures of association between the threat indicator and other threat indicators, finding an association of the threat indicator with another threat indicator based upon the normalized numerical parameters, and assigning to the threat indicator a probability that a threat actor group caused the attack, wherein the threat actor group was assigned to the other threat indicator. In some embodiments, the normalizing may include transforming a distribution of the numerical parameters to a distribution with a standard deviation of 1 and a mean of 0. In some embodiments, the normalizing may include applying an empirical cumulative distribution function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SecureWorks Corp.
    Inventors: Doug M. Steelman, Todd Wiedman, Kenneth A. Deitz, Berlene Herren, Edgar L. Deal, Thomas Clements, Brian Miller
  • Publication number: 20170208084
    Abstract: An information handling system performs a method for analyzing attacks against a networked system of information handling systems. The method includes detecting a threat indicator, representing the threat indicator in part by numerical parameters, normalizing the numerical parameters, calculating one or more measures of association between the threat indicator and other threat indicators, finding an association of the threat indicator with another threat indicator based upon the normalized numerical parameters, and assigning to the threat indicator a probability that a threat actor group caused the attack, wherein the threat actor group was assigned to the other threat indicator. In some embodiments, the normalizing may include transforming a distribution of the numerical parameters to a distribution with a standard deviation of 1 and a mean of 0. In some embodiments, the normalizing may include applying an empirical cumulative distribution function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Doug M. Steelman, Todd Wiedman, Kenneth A. Deitz, Berlene Herren, Edgar L. Deal, Thomas Clements, Brian Miller
  • Publication number: 20170208085
    Abstract: An information handling system performs a method for analyzing attacks against a networked system of information handling systems. The method includes detecting a threat indicator, representing the threat indicator in part by numerical parameters, normalizing the numerical parameters, calculating one or more measures of association between the threat indicator and other threat indicators, finding an association of the threat indicator with another threat indicator based upon the normalized numerical parameters, and assigning to the threat indicator a probability that a threat actor group caused the attack, wherein the threat actor group was assigned to the other threat indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Doug M. Steelman, Todd Wiedman, Kenneth A. Deitz, Berlene Herren, Edgar L. Deal, Thomas Clements, Brian Miller