ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,789, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Fisher-Rosemount Systems Inc. (Round Rock, Texas).
"Security services in a software defined control system" was invented by Anthony Amaro Jr. (Cedar Park, Texas) and Mark J. Nixon (Thorndale, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A software defined (SD) process control system (SDCS) includes a control container having contents which are executable during run-time of the process plant to control at least a portion of an industrial process. The SDCS also includes a security service associated with the control container and including contents which define one or more security conditions. The securi...