ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,006, issued on March 25.
"Distributed and autonomous data security agent" was invented by Scott R. Copeland (Pasadena, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a distributed and autonomous digital data security agent that secures stored data and the storage device itself, from remote manipulation. The present system is an "agent" in that it acts independently in the accomplishment of its objects and is distributed in that its functionality is resides on firmware resident at disparate hardware locations. The agent is autonomous in that it cannot be remotely compromised. The system includes server having a dedicat...