ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,572, issued on July 29.
"System and method for a user activated penetration test" was invented by Bruce McCully (Nashville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system (100) and method (900) enabling a user (80) to initiate a penetration request (300) on an assessed computer (220). The penetration application (310) is communicated from a host computer (210) to the assessed computer (220) on a network (230). The penetration application (310) can be used to create vulnerability data (500) relating to the assessed computer (220). Different embodiments of the system (100) can involve a variety of different operating modes (110)."
The ...