ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,917, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Persistent security configuration monitoring" was invented by Paulius Duplys (Markgroeningen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method for persistent security configuration monitoring of a persistent configuration record defining a configurable software and/or hardware system over a plurality of lifecycle stages of the system. The method includes during a first lifecycle phase of the system, automatically performing a first security task using a first automation engine according to a first configuration of the automation engin...