ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,829, issued on March 31, was assigned to Aon Risk Consultants Inc. (Chicago).

"Systems and methods for vulnerability assessment and remedy identification" was invented by Jason Hogg (Bedford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an illustrative embodiment, systems and methods by which a computerized platform accesses a data set pertaining to system characteristics and delivers the data to models to assist a user in identifying and remedying cyber vulnerabilities may include models for identifying vulnerabilities based on system characteristics and for identifying remedial actions and services to mitigate the vulnerabilities. Model...