Thomas M Brock

US Patent:

20120079598, Mar 29, 2012

Filed:

Sep 27, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/891229

Inventors:

Thomas Brock - Carrollton TX, US
Nelson Chevis - Highland Village TX, US
Trish Harris - Desoto TX, US
Mau Q. Le - Tustin CA, US

Assignee:

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION - Charlotte NC

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

726 25

Abstract:

A method for real-time threat monitoring includes identifying two or more real time vulnerabilities, each associated with one or more objects of an enterprise, correlating the two or more real-time vulnerabilities to each other, applying a risk tiering model to the correlated real-time vulnerability, thereby classifying the correlated real-time vulnerability into risk tiers, and initiating an alert based on the correlated real-time vulnerability and the risk tiers into which the correlated real-time vulnerability is classified. According to other embodiments a method includes applying a risk methodology to log data contained in one or more object logs thereby identifying one or more security events, applying a risk tiering model to the one or more security events, thereby classifying the security events into risk tiers, and initiating an alert based on the security events and the risk tiers into which the security events are classified.

US Patent:

20190306232, Oct 3, 2019

Filed:

Mar 27, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/936607

Inventors:

- Charlotte NC, US
Thomas V. Brock - Carrollton TX, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
H04L 29/06
H04L 9/06

Abstract:

Apparatus and methods for establishing a permissioned blockchain on an Internet of Things (“IoT”) system. The method may be performed by a central IoT hub. The method may include identifying a IoT nodes associated with the IoT system. The method may also include running an authentication routine on the identified IoT nodes. The method may further include identifying a subset of the IoT nodes that have been authenticated by the authentication routine. The method may further include grouping the subset of IoT nodes into a first group of IoT nodes and a second group of IoT nodes, the grouping being based at least in part on available storage space and processing speed of each of the subset of IoT nodes.