ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,186, issued on May 20, was assigned to Cyberproof Inc. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for continuous threat-informed exposure management" was invented by Michael Jenks (Charleston, S.C.), Nick Lantuh (Bethesda, Md.), Michael Maurer (Mount Pleasant, S.C.), Ian Roth (Charleston, S.C.) and Fred Wilmot (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject technology relate to determining a defense surface change command to be applied to a defense surface. An organizational threat profile is stored and a baseline exposure score for threats is generated. The baseline exposure score is weighted based on at least the or...