ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,114, issued on July 15, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"System and method for providing security to legacy devices" was invented by Brian R. Reynolds (Penn Valley, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for securing a device of an industrial process control and automation system comprises setting a lock code in a device index of the device and executing a monitoring software program that reads the lock code and sets the device in a locked state. An enforcement software program prevents changes to the configuration and firmware of the device when the device is in the locked state. The d...