ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,135, issued on July 15, was assigned to SecurityScorecard Inc. (New York).

"Inquiry response mapping for determining a cybersecurity risk level of an entity" was invented by Samuel Kassoumeh (New York), Dolly Krishnaswamy (New York) and A. Robert Sohval (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method, system, and device for inquiry response mapping for determining a cybersecurity risk level of an entity. To manage and/or evaluate a cybersecurity risk level based on a relationship between a first entity and a second entity, questionnaires (e.g., requests or inquires) are often exchanged between two en...