ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,585, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Vectra AI Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Method, product, and system for analyzing a computer network to identify attack paths using a software representation that embodies network configuration and policy data for security management" was invented by Nicolas Beauchesne (Honolulu), Sohrob Kazerounian (Brookline, Mass.), William Stow Finlayson IV (Cherry Hill, N.J.) and Karl Matthew Lynn (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an approach for analyzing a computer network to identify attack paths using a software representation that embodies network configuration and policy data ...