Inventor · Redwood City, CA, US

Brian Hernacki

122Patents
24h-index
34Co-inventors
86Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 21, 2003 → Oct 20, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8561181B1 Detecting man-in-the-middle attacks via security transitions Physics 243 Active
US8239915B1 Endpoint management using trust rating data Physics 206 Active
US7831522B1 Evaluating relying parties Physics 83 Active
US8844041B1 Detecting network devices and mapping topology using network introspection by collaborating endpoints Electricity 76 Active
US8689001B1 Method and system for protecting user identification information Electricity 74 Active
US8256013B1 Method and apparatus for dynamic creation of persona Electricity 65 Active
US7950056B1 Behavior based processing of a new version or variant of a previously characterized program Electricity 64 Active
US8108923B1 Assessing risk based on offline activity history Electricity 58 Active
US8108536B1 Systems and methods for determining the trustworthiness of a server in a streaming environment Electricity 55 Active
US8341734B1 Method and system to audit physical copy data leakage Physics 53 Active
US8131846B1 Global, location-aware computer security Electricity 53 Active
US9183377B1 Unauthorized account monitoring system and method Physics 48 Active
US7792994B1 Correlating network DNS data to filter content Electricity 46 Active
US8490190B1 Use of interactive messaging channels to verify endpoints Electricity 45 Active
US7617533B1 Self-quarantining network Electricity 40 Active
US8424007B1 Prioritizing tasks from virtual machines Physics 38 Active
US7665134B1 Profiling users based on artificially constructed deceptive content Physics 35 Active
US7885639B1 Method and apparatus for authenticating a wireless access point Electricity 35 Active
US9077715B1 Social trust based security model Electricity 35 Active
US7752664B1 Using domain name service resolution queries to combat spyware Physics 32 Active
US8443354B1 Detecting new or modified portions of code Physics 31 Active
US8281410B1 Methods and systems for providing resource-access information Physics 30 Active
US7475420B1 Detecting network proxies through observation of symmetric relationships Electricity 25 Active
US8281363B1 Methods and systems for enforcing network access control in a virtual environment Electricity 25 Active
US8468608B1 Enforcing digital rights management in a heterogeneous environment Physics 24 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.