ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,041, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CodeLogic Inc. (San Francisco).
"Systems and methods for software security analysis" was invented by Soumik Sarkar (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security analysis of software includes analyzing security risks at each level of the hierarchy of the software and aggregating identified risks within the hierarchy levels. Weights applied during aggregation assist in homogenizing risk scores originating from different types of identified security risks and provide for the ability to communicate a meaningful risk score at each level of the hierarchy."
The patent was filed on Jun...