ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,710, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Attack means evaluation apparatus, attack means evaluation method, and computer readable medium" was invented by Keisuke Kito (Tokyo) and Kiyoto Kawauchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attack means evaluation apparatus (100) evaluates an attack means used in a cyberattack. A score value calculation unit (110) obtains a plurality of attack means, and for each attack means of the plurality of attack means, calculates a score value that shows validity of an attack on an attack target system. A means selection unit (120) selects an attack means that is ...