Patents by Inventor Trent Gundersen

Trent Gundersen 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: 20230328083
    Abstract: A method may include obtaining first network information from a network scan of a computer network that describes network vulnerabilities of a computer network and second network information that describes network traffic of the computer network. The method may include identifying an interaction with the computer network based on the network traffic included in the second network information. The method may include correlating the first network information and the identified interaction to determine a network security issue for the computer network. Correlating the first network information and the identified interaction may include determining a correspondence between the interaction with the computer network and the network vulnerabilities described by the first network information. A network alert may be generated based on the potential network security issue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Trent Gundersen
  • Publication number: 20210273971
    Abstract: A method to assess network vulnerabilities of devices may include accessing, by a relay device, a network that includes a firewall to separate the network from external networks such that the relay device is coupled to the network from behind the firewall attached to the network. The method may further include establishing a communication channel over a secondary network between the relay device and a monitor system. The method may further include detecting one or more devices behind the firewall attached to the network by the relay device. The method may also include after establishing the communication channel and detecting the one or more devices and while the relay device is coupled to the network from behind the firewall attached to the network, performing, by the monitor system, one or more network vulnerability assessments on the one or more devices via network communications that pass through the relay device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Brad Caldwell, Ken Lawrence, R. Trent Gundersen
  • Patent number: 11012464
    Abstract: A method to assess network vulnerabilities of devices may include accessing, by a relay device, a network that includes a firewall to separate the network from external networks such that the relay device is coupled to the network from behind the firewall attached to the network. The method may further include establishing a communication channel over a secondary network between the relay device and a monitor system. The method may further include detecting one or more devices behind the firewall attached to the network by the relay device. The method may also include after establishing the communication channel and detecting the one or more devices and while the relay device is coupled to the network from behind the firewall attached to the network, performing, by the monitor system, one or more network vulnerability assessments on the one or more devices via network communications that pass through the relay device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SecurityMetrics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Caldwell, Ken Lawrence, R. Trent Gundersen
  • Publication number: 20200186562
    Abstract: A method to assess network vulnerabilities of devices may include accessing, by a relay device, a network that includes a firewall to separate the network from external networks such that the relay device is coupled to the network from behind the firewall attached to the network. The method may further include establishing a communication channel over a secondary network between the relay device and a monitor system. The method may further include detecting one or more devices behind the firewall attached to the network by the relay device. The method may also include after establishing the communication channel and detecting the one or more devices and while the relay device is coupled to the network from behind the firewall attached to the network, performing, by the monitor system, one or more network vulnerability assessments on the one or more devices via network communications that pass through the relay device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Brad Caldwell, Ken Lawrence, R. Trent Gundersen
  • Patent number: 10298611
    Abstract: A method to assess network vulnerabilities of devices may include accessing, by a relay device, a network that includes a firewall to separate the network from external networks such that the relay device is coupled to the network from behind the firewall attached to the network. The method may further include establishing a communication channel over a secondary network between the relay device and a monitor system. The method may further include detecting one or more devices behind the firewall attached to the network by the relay device. The method may also include after establishing the communication channel and detecting the one or more devices and while the relay device is coupled to the network from behind the firewall attached to the network, performing, by the monitor system, one or more network vulnerability assessments on the one or more devices via network communications that pass through the relay device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SecurityMetrics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Caldwell, Ken Lawrence, R. Trent Gundersen