ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,273, issued on May 20, was assigned to UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).
"Data driven computer user emulation" was invented by Timothy S. Oesch (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Robert A. Bridges (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Jeffrey A. Nichols (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Jared M. Smith (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Kiren E. Verma (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Brian Weber (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Oumar Souleymane Diallo (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Whether testing intrusion detection systems, conducting training exercises, or creating data sets to be used by the broader cybersecurity community, realistic user behavior is a desirable component of a cyber-range. Exis...