US Patent Issued to Cyber Reliant on Feb. 4 for "System and method for the protection of consumer financial data utilizing dynamic content shredding" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,251, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Cyber Reliant Corp. (Annapolis, Md.).

"System and method for the protection of consumer financial data utilizing dynamic content shredding" was invented by Nathan Durant (Annapolis, Md.), John Michael Suit (Mount Airy, Md.) and Ermis Sfakiyanudis (Annapolis, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Consumer Point-of-Sale (POS) systems are becoming a major target for financial data loss within the commerce ecosystem. Privileged information, such as account numbers, card information, and transaction data are the primary targets during these data breaches. This information, while resident on a point-of-sa...