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IBM Develops System to Mitigate Cyber-Security Threats

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IBM has developed a system that can mitigate cyber-security threats by monitoring data processing systems and detecting deviations from normal behavior. The system, described in patent 9129108, captures data from governed data processing systems, assimilates it, and performs modeling, monitoring, and analysis to identify potential threats and suggest countermeasures. This technology has become increasingly important as cyber-security threats continue to rise, surpassing human error. By proactively taking action to mitigate potential threats, this system aims to reduce losses due to intellectual property, monetary, and other types of losses.

Key Takeaways:

  • The system is designed to operate in concert with a governing data processing system to monitor and detect cyber-security threats.
  • The method involves operating a secure governing data processing system to capture data, assimilate it, and perform modeling, monitoring, and analysis to identify potential threats.
  • Upon detecting a deviation from normal behavior, the system takes proactive action to mitigate potential threats by suggesting countermeasures and implementing them.
  • The system has the potential to reduce losses due to intellectual property, monetary, and other types of losses.
  • This technology has become increasingly important as cyber-security threats continue to rise, surpassing human error.
  • A total of 7 inventors are credited with developing this system: Youssef Drissi, Rick A. Hamilton II, Colin George Harrison, Jack Lawrence Kouloheris, Pratap Chandra Pattnaik, Josyula R. Rao, and Chung-Sheng Li.

Statistics:

  • Patent number: 9129108
  • Filing date: November 13, 2012
  • Publication date: September 8, 2015
  • Number of inventors: 7
  • Keywords: Computer Companies, Technology Companies, Information Technology, Information and Data Processing

Sources:

  • "IBM Gracefully Achieves Cybersecurity Milestone" by staff news editor at NewsRx LLC, published on September 22, 2015
  • Patent 9129108: "Systems, Methods and Computer Programs Providing Impact Mitigation of Cyber-Security Failures" filed on November 13, 2012, and published online on September 8, 2015
  • http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9129108.PN.&OS=PN/9129108RS=PN/9129108

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