ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,920, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to QOMPLX LLC (Reston, Va.).

"Computer-implemented system and method for cybersecurity threat analysis using federated machine learning and hierarchical task networks" was invented by Jason Crabtree (Vienna, Va.) and Richard Kelley (Woodbridge, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for cyber exploitation path analysis and response using federated networks to minimize network exposure and maximize network resilience, with the ability to simulate complex and large scale network traffic through the use of federated training networks, by gathering network entity information, establish...