ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,238,127, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Rapid7 Inc. (Boston).
"Anomalous data transfer detection" was invented by Vasudha Shivamoggi (Cambriege, Mass.) and Roy Hodgman (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments include systems and methods of anomalous data transfer detection. Hotspots for an asset of an organization may be determined, corresponding to period(s) of time in which outbound data from the asset satisfies a hotspot threshold determined to be indicative of high outbound data traffic activity. Based on the outbound data, a first set of days are identified as "quiet" day(s); a second set of days are ...