US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States as represented by the Director, National Security Agency on July 15 for "Security system for hardening a digital system against malware and method of operation" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,153, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Government of the United States as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Ft. George G. Meade, Md.).

"Security system for hardening a digital system against malware and method of operation" was invented by Daryle D. Deloatch (Severn, Md.) and Mark J. Haney (Cooksville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a security system and method for hardening a digital system. The security system includes a plurality of scanners loaded in various hosts provided by digital devices of the digital system. Each scanner is configured to perform scanner operations and u...