ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,632, issued on March 4, was assigned to KIVU CONSULTING INC. (San Francisco).

"Systems and methods for identifying and mapping sensitive data on an enterprise" was invented by Elgan David Jones (Washington), Thomas Langer (Leesburg, Va.) and Winston Krone (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques, systems, and methods for remote, agent-less enterprise computer threat data collection, malicious threat analysis, and identification and reporting of potential and real threats present on an enterprise computer system. Specifically, embodiments are directed to a system that securely i...