US Patent Issued to Zuul on Aug. 12 for "Security engine for IoT devices" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,823, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Zuul Inc. (Columbia, Md.).

"Security engine for IoT devices" was invented by Andrew Cohen (Grasonville, Md.) and Edward Stanford (Highland, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security system for internet of things (IoT) devices, comprising a security engine server remote from an enterprise where the IoT devices are installed, and a network device installed at the enterprise. The security engine server is configured to receive functionality information of the IoT devices, generate a vendor model of the IoT devices based on the functionality information, the vendor model indicating vendor appro...