ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,899, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to MasterCard International Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for use in assessments in connection with cyber attacks" was invented by Eda Bolturk (Istanbul), Eran Yaniv (Holon, Israel) and Keren Gabber (Tel Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for assessing cyber attack preparedness associated with organizations. One example computer-implemented method includes accessing data indicative of multiple controls of an organization, where the organization includes an information network, which includes the controls and where the controls are associated ...