ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,479, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Center for Internet Security Inc. (East Greenbush, N.Y.).

"Testing software and IT products by evaluating security maturity and risk of change" was invented by Brian Joseph Glas (Jackson, Texas), John Dzuirlaj (Akron, Ohio), Michael Erik Garcia (Washington), Philippe Langlois (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Jared Kelley Marcotte (Silver Spring, Md.), Katharina Elizabeth Owens Hubler (Park City, Utah) and Aaron Wilson (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for testing, evaluating, and scoring IT products (e.g., software) and product updates from a technology provider are di...