ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,831, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Predatar Ltd. (Bloxham, Great Britain).

"Backup data security management system and associated method" was invented by Richard Norgate (Banbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for assisting a user managing the data-security of backup copies of a computer system having a plurality of nodes, the method comprising: receiving status data for backup copies associated with a plurality of nodes, wherein, for each node, the status data provides a status of one or more backup copies associated with the node with respect to a plurality...