Method for verifying security technology deployment efficacy across a computer network

US11647027B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Sevco Security, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey J. Guy · Austin, US
• Greg Fitzgerald · Austin, US
• Jeremiah Clark · Tulsa, US
• Dean Mekkawy · Austin, US
• Nevins Bartolomeo · Austin, US
• Jim LoRusso · Austin, US
• Nick Murdock · Austin, US
• Allen Saunders · Austin, US
• Jacob Hackett · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 13, 2022
• Grant date: May 9, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 13, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2009/45595
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for monitoring endpoint devices affiliated with a computer network includes: for each security technology, accessing a set of objects generated by the security technology during a time interval and representing characteristics endpoint devices configured with the security technology, partitioning object groups representing individual endpoint devices, and aggregating characteristics represented in each object group into an endpoint device container associated with the security technology and containing identifying data and status data representing one endpoint device; identifying a first subset of endpoint devices configured with first and second security technologies based on correspondence between data contained endpoint device containers associated with the first and second security technologies; and identifying a second subset of endpoint devices configured with the first security technology and excluding the second security technology based on absence of correspondence between data contained in endpoint device containers associated with the first and second security technologies.