US Patent No: 7,178,166

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Vulnerability assessment and authentication of a computer by a local scanner

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Providing a user with assurance that a computer is secure based on a vulnerability assessment completed by a browser-compatible scanner operating on the computer. If the scanner finds a vulnerability, the scanner can inform the user that the machine is or may be compromised, or repair the vulnerability. For example, the scanner may be able to repair the vulnerability of the workstation. In the alternative, the scanner can provide the scan results to a network server. If the vulnerability assessment shows that the workstation is compromised, or if the possibility of remote compromise is high, the network server can decline to provide network services to the workstation.

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Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONARMONK, NY68180

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brass, Philip C Roswell, GA 4 167
Doty, Theodore R Roswell, GA 4 167
Mewett, Scott Holloways Beach, AU 2 120
Taylor, Patrick Atlanta, GA 7 108

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7,882,538 Local caching of endpoint security information 3 2006
7,886,335 Reconciliation of multiple sets of network access control policies 0 2007
8,225,102 Local caching of one-time user passwords 0 2010
8,185,933 Local caching of endpoint security information 0 2011
 
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. (4)
8,065,423 Method and system for assigning access control levels in providing access to networked content files 4 2006
8,286,230 Method and apparatus for associating tickets in a ticket hierarchy 0 2010
8,312,261 Method and system for verification of an endpoint security scan 0 2011
8,352,606 Method and system for assigning access control levels in providing access to networked content files 0 2011
 
LOOKOUT, INC. (4)
8,397,301 System and method for identifying and assessing vulnerabilities on a mobile communication device 0 2009
8,347,386 System and method for server-coupled malware prevention 0 2010
8,365,252 Providing access levels to services based on mobile device security state 0 2011
8,381,303 System and method for attack and malware prevention 0 2011
 
MU DYNAMICS, INC. (4)
8,095,983 Platform for analyzing the security of communication protocols and channels 2 2006
7,958,560 Portable program for generating attacks on communication protocols and channels 6 2006
8,316,447 Reconfigurable message-delivery preconditions for delivering attacks to analyze the security of networked systems 0 2006
8,074,097 Meta-instrumentation for security analysis 0 2010
 
WEBROOT INC. (4)
7,591,016 System and method for scanning memory for pestware offset signatures 3 2005
7,571,476 System and method for scanning memory for pestware 2 2005
7,349,931 System and method for scanning obfuscated files for pestware 11 2005
7,971,249 System and method for scanning memory for pestware offset signatures 1 2009
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (2)
7,653,814 System and method for securely hyperlinking graphic objects 1 2002
8,141,157 Method and system for managing computer security information 0 2009
 
MCAFEE, INC. (2)
7,549,168 Network-based risk-assessment tool for remotely detecting local computer vulnerabilities 0 2006
8,086,582 System, method and computer program product for scanning and indexing data for different purposes 0 2007
 
SCA IPLA HOLDINGS INC. (2)
7,328,453 Systems and methods for the prevention of unauthorized use and manipulation of digital content 15 2002
8,117,667 Systems and methods for the prevention of unauthorized use and manipulation of digital content 1 2008
 
SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (2)
8,433,811 Test driven deployment and monitoring of heterogeneous network systems 0 2011
8,359,653 Portable program for generating attacks on communication protocols and channels 0 2011
 
WORCESTER TECHNOLOGIES LLC (2)
7,383,579 Systems and methods for determining anti-virus protection status 3 2002
7,707,636 Systems and methods for determining anti-virus protection status 2 2008
 
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (1)
8,099,787 Knowledge-based and collaborative system for security assessment of web applications 0 2007
 
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (1)
7,725,737 System and methodology providing secure workspace environment 2 2005
 
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. (1)
7,788,723 Method and apparatus for identifying computer vulnerabilities using exploit probes and remote scanning 1 2005
 
ENTERPRISE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, INC. (1)
8,239,917 Systems and methods for enterprise security with collaborative peer to peer architecture 0 2007
 
GEORGE MASON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. (1)
7,555,778 Minimum-cost network hardening 0 2005
 
INTEL CORPORATION (1)
8,099,786 Embedded mechanism for platform vulnerability assessment 0 2006
 
MAZU NETWORKS, LLC (1)
7,836,498 Device to protect victim sites during denial of service attacks 0 2001
 
PROXIMA THERAPEUTICS, INC. (1)
7,516,399 Structured-document path-language expression methods and systems 13 2004
 
RPX CORPORATION (1)
7,797,752 Method and apparatus to secure a computing environment 4 2003
 
STREAMZAP, INC. (1)
8,418,062 Control of media centric websites by hand-held remote 0 2005
 
SYMANTEC CORPORATION (1)
8,356,352 Security scanner for user-generated web content 0 2008

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