US Patent Issued to QOMPLX on Dec. 16 for "Dynamic cybersecurity scoring and operational risk reduction assessment" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,938, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to QOMPLX LLC (Reston, Va.).

"Dynamic cybersecurity scoring and operational risk reduction assessment" 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 operational and cyber risk assessment that utilizes a data-driven approach to evaluate the current security posture and identify areas for improvement based on the user's desired target profile. This process involves estimating the costs and benefits associated with various security program enhancements, increased, hiring, and control uplifts. The system and meth...