Allen D Hillery

US Patent:

20120216246, Aug 23, 2012

Filed:

Apr 30, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/459957

Inventors:

Todd Brennan - Somerville MA, US
Allen Hillery - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

Bit 9, Inc. - Waltham MA

International Classification:

G06F 21/00
G06F 15/16
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

726 1

Abstract:

A security system provides a defense from known and unknown viruses, worms, spyware, hackers, and social engineering attacks. The system can implement centralized policies that allow an administrator to approve, block, quarantine, or log file activities. The system can provide and update a security value that causes host computers to change security levels for a number of different policies. The policies are grouped into a master set of policies and options which are propagated to the hosts from a centralized server. The security value is stored on the hosts and the server, and changes of the value on the server are propagated to the hosts.

US Patent:

20070028291, Feb 1, 2007

Filed:

Jul 29, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/194075

Inventors:

Todd Brennan - Somerville MA, US
Allen Hillery - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

Bit 9, Inc. - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
H04L 9/00

US Classification:

726001000, 726014000, 713001000

Abstract:

A security system provides a defense from known and unknown viruses, worms, spyware, hackers, and social engineering attacks. The system can implement centralized policies that allow an administrator to approve, block, quarantine, or log file activities. The system can provide and update a security value that causes host computers to change security levels for a number of different policies. The policies are grouped into a master set of policies and options which are propagated to the hosts from a centralized server. The security value is stored on the hosts and the server, and changes of the value on the server are propagated to the hosts.