ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,680, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Dynamic security monitor for a backup storage system" was invented by Madhu Agrahara Gopalakrishna (Pleasanton, Calif.), Mahadev Karadigudda (San Jose, Calif.), Niharika Avasarala (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Sankalp Suhas Taralekar (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dynamic security monitor for a backup storage system is provided. A system determines risk factors, based on security parameters received from a backup storage system. The risk factors are associated with data at rest, access control, digital certificates, and encryption keys. The...