ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,942, issued on March 17, was assigned to BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. (McLean, Va.).

"System and method for network penetration testing" was invented by Christopher Laurence Mrozinski (Annapolis Junction, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to methods and systems for executing methods for penetration testing a network. The method involves receiving a first configuration file including network configuration information pertaining to defining a network, and defining log gathering procedures based on the network configuration information. The method involves locating a second configuration file including security module i...