IP Library Granted Patent US 10,868,824
Granted Patent B2
US 10,868,824 · App. 16/050,891 · Granted Dec 15, 2020

Organizational social threat reporting

Inventors: Christopher B. Cullison (Westminster, MD); Michael Price (Baltimore, MD); James Foster (Baltimore, MD)
Assignee: ZeroFOX, Inc.
H04L63/1433G06Q50/01H04L63/1416
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Patent No.
US 10,868,824
App. No.
16/050,891
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes identifying, by one or more processors, a first user associated with an organization, identifying one or more social network accounts associated with the first user, identifying a second user associated with the organization, identifying one or more social network accounts associated with the second user, generating a protection portal for the organization, providing a link to the protection portal for the organization to a third user, and providing one or more alerts to the third user associated with the organization, wherein the one or more alerts identify security risks associated with one or more of the first or second user's social network accounts.

Claims (41)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors, a first user associated with an organization;

identifying one or more social network accounts associated with the first user;

identifying a second user associated with the organization;

identifying one or more social network accounts associated with the second user;

generating a protection portal for the organization;

providing a link to the protection portal for the organization to a third user; and

in response to at least a subset of users associated with the organization experiencing a same security risk, providing one or more alerts to the third user, wherein the one or more alerts identify at least one security risk associated with one or more of the first or second user's social network accounts.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the protection portal provides information to the third user, and wherein the information provided through the protection portal does not name the first user or the second user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more alerts do not name the first user or the second user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generated alert indicates the number of users associated with the organization that experience the same security risk.

5. The method of claim 1 , providing one or more alerts to a user associated with an organization comprises providing a single alert that indicates that a subset of the members of the organization are affected by the same social network risk.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing one or more alerts to a user associated with an organization comprises providing a single alert that indicates that a subset of the members of the organization are affected by the same social network risk.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:

providing, through a protection portal accessible by a user associated with an organization, aggregated data to the user, wherein the aggregated data comprises a collection of data associated with members of the organization, wherein the aggregated data is anonymous; and

providing, through the protection portal, one or more alerts to the user, wherein the one or more alerts identify social network security risks associated with one or more members of the organization,

wherein the one or more alerts do not name members of the organization.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein a member of the organization can opt in to providing access to anonymized data through the protection portal.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein personally identifying data is maintained in a database that is inaccessible to the user.

10. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

scanning data that is maintained on multiple social networks, wherein scanning comprises identifying, by one or more processors, data that is associated with each of the members of the organization;

determining one or more characteristics of the identified data;

generating, for each of the one or more characteristics, a reference to the identified data that indicates the characteristic;

algorithmically comparing one or more generated references to one or more known references, wherein the one or more known references are references to characteristics of identified data that have been assigned a level of risk, and wherein the one or more generated references that are compared to the one or more known references are dynamically selected from a group of generated references;

determining, based on the algorithmic comparisons, a risk score for each of the members of the organization; and

determining, based on a statistical algorithm, a confidence score for each of the risk scores, wherein the confidence score indicates the reliability of the determined risk score.

11. A system comprising:

one or more processing devices; and

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media coupled to the one or more processing devices having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

identifying a first user associated with an organization;

identifying one or more social network accounts associated with the first user;

identifying a second user associated with the organization;

identifying one or more social network accounts associated with the second user;

generating a protection portal for the organization;

providing a link to the protection portal for the organization to a third user; and

in response to at least a subset of users associated with the organization experiencing a same security risk, providing one or more alerts to the third user, wherein the one or more alerts identify at least one security risk associated with one or more of the first or second user's social network accounts.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the protection portal provides information to the third user, and wherein the information provided through the protection portal does not name the first user or the second user.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more alerts do not name the first user or the second user.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the generated alert indicates the number of users associated with the organization that experience the same security risk.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the protection portal provides aggregated data to the third user, and wherein the aggregated data is a collection of data associated with the first user and the second user.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the aggregated data is anonymous.

Assignments (10)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2024
From: STIFEL BANK
To: ZEROFOX, INC.
Reel/Frame 067429/0328 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2024
From: ZEROFOX, INC.; LOOKINGGLASS CYBER SOLUTIONS, LLC; IDENTITY THEFT GUARD SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: MONROE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ADVISORS, LLC
Reel/Frame 067396/0304 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2022
From: ORIX GROWTH CAPITAL, LLC
To: ZEROFOX, INC.
Reel/Frame 060821/0173 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2022
From: ORIX GROWTH CAPITAL, LLC
To: VIGILANTEATI, INC.
Reel/Frame 060821/0137 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR AND ASSIGNEE'S INFORMATION ON THE COVER SHEET PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054878 FRAME: 0117. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Jan 6, 2022
From: HERCULES CAPITAL, INC.
To: ZEROFOX, INC.
Reel/Frame 058652/0754 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2021
From: ZEROFOX, INC.
To: STIFEL BANK
Reel/Frame 055066/0916 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: ZEROFOX, INC.
To: ORIX GROWTH CAPITAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 054906/0449 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2021
From: ZEROFOX, INC.
To: HERCULES CAPITAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 054878/0117 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 26, 2019
From: ZEROFOX, INC.
To: HERCULES CAPITAL, INC., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 049602/0173 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2018
From: CULLISON, CHRISTOPHER B.; PRICE, MICHAEL; FOSTER, JAMES
To: ZEROFOX, INC.
Reel/Frame 046824/0981 →