ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,677, issued on Aug. 26.

"Risk-based cyber detection system" was invented by David Makovoz (Silver Spring, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system that comprises a computer including a processor and a memory is disclosed. The memory includes instructions such that the processor is programmed to: determine a risk level corresponding to an alert, the alert corresponding to at least one node of a plurality of nodes of a communication network; calculate a risk level propagation based on the risk level; and generate a response corresponding to a node type of the at least one node when the risk level exceeds a response threshold."

The ...