US Patent Issued to CISCO TECHNOLOGY on May 26 for "Inference of vulnerable endpoints to a security threat" (California, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,641,109, issued on May 26, was assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Inference of vulnerable endpoints to a security threat" was invented by Yi Hong (Foster City, Calif.) and Tian Bu (Basking Ridge, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques described herein can efficiently detect network endpoints that are vulnerable to individual security threats. New security threats are constantly emerging. Identifying endpoints that are vulnerable to a security threat enables proactive protection of the vulnerable endpoints. Furthermore, detecting endpoints that are vulnerable to a security threat enables tailored protection oper...