ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,791, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to QOMPLX LLC (Reston, Va.).

"Privilege assurance of computer network environments" was invented by Gandhi Balasubramaniam (Shalimar, Fla.), Randy Clayton (Frederick, Md.), Jason Crabtree (Vienna, Va.), Richard Kelley (Woodbridge, Va.), Artem Panasenkov (Reston, Va.) and Andrew Sellers (Monument, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for privilege assurance protection of computer networks that remedies the deficiencies of the current directory service structure. The system uses a software agent to collect and store snapshots of all network resources on a computer network by identi...