ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,643, issued on March 4, was assigned to Zscaler Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Software security agent updates via microcode" was invented by Thomas E. Keiser Jr. (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods include a host system that is configured to execute a security agent that is configured to allow and block flows in a network, on the network interface, receive a script from a command & control server, and execute the script via an interpreter associated with the security agent, wherein the script is configured to any of disable behavior and modify behavior of the security agent at one or more hook points in the securit...