ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,001, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Vectra AI Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Method, product, and system for analyzing attack paths in computer network generated 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 attack paths in computer network generated using a software representation that embodies network configuration and policy data fo...