IP Library Granted Patent US 10,868,820
Granted Patent B2
US 10,868,820 · App. 16/855,502 · Granted Dec 15, 2020

Systems and methods for determining individual and group risk scores

Inventors: Eric Sites (Clearwater, FL); Greg Kras (Dunedin, FL); Alin Irimie (Clearwater, FL); Stu Sjouwerman (Belleair, FL); Marcio Castilho (Palm Harbor, FL); Siegfried Martens (Tampa, FL); Eric Bonabeau (Tampa, FL); Kristian Kime (Tampa, FL)
Assignee: KnowBe4, Inc.
H04L63/1416H04L63/14H04L63/1408H04L63/1425H04L63/1433
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Patent No.
US 10,868,820
App. No.
16/855,502
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein describe a server, for example a security awareness server or an artificial intelligence machine learning system that establishes a risk score or vulnerable for a user of a security awareness system, or for a group of users of a security awareness system. The server may create a frequency score for a user, which predicts the frequency at which the user is to be hit with a malicious attack. The frequency score may be based on at least a job score, which may be represented by a value that is based on the type of job the user has, and a breach score that may be represented by a value that is based on the user's level of exposure to email.

Claims (25)

1. A method comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors, a first score comprising a first value representing a frequency at which a user is to receive a phishing communication, the first value determined based at least on a job score value identifying a type of job of the user;

identifying, by the one or more processors, a second score comprising a second value representing a propensity of the user to interact with the phishing communication;

identifying, by the one or more processors, a third score comprising a third value representing a severity of the user's interaction with the phishing communication;

determining, by the one or more processors, a risk score for the user based at least on a function of the first value of the first score, the second value of the second score and the third value of the third score, the risk score identifying a probability that the user will interact with one or more subsequent phishing communications; and

providing, by the one or more processors, the risk score for display via a user interface.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprises determining, by the one or more processors, the third value of the third score based at least on individual access of the user.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, by the one or more processors, the risk score comprising the function of applying weights to the first value of the first score and the second value of the second score.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, by the one or more processors, the first value of the first scored based at least on a breach score value.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the breach score value identifies the user's level of exposure to email.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the phishing communication is a malicious attack.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the phishing communication is a simulated phishing communication.

8. A system comprising:

one or more processors, coupled to memory, and configured to:

identify a first score comprising a first value representing a frequency at which a user is to receive a phishing communication, wherein the first value determined based at least on a job score value identifying a type of job of the user;

identify a second score comprising a second value representing a propensity of the user to interact with the phishing communication;

identify a third score comprising a third value representing a severity of the user's interaction with the phishing communication;

determine a risk score for the user based at least on a function of the first value of the first score the second value of the second score and the third value of the third score, the risk score identifying a probability that the user will interact with one or more subsequent phishing communications; and

provide the risk score for display via a user interface.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the third value of the third score based at least on individual access of the user.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the risk score comprising the function of applying weights to the first value of the first score and the second value of the second score.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the first value of the first scored based at least on a breach score value.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the breach score value identifies the user's level of exposure to email.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the phishing communication is a malicious attack.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the phishing communication is a simulated phishing communication.

Assignments (6)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 8, 2025
From: KNOWBE4, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 072337/0277 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME: 062627/0001 Recorded Jul 28, 2025
From: BLUE OWL CREDIT INCOME CORP. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS OWL ROCK CORE INCOME CORP.)
To: KNOWBE4, INC.
Reel/Frame 072108/0205 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME NO.: 056885/0889 Recorded Feb 2, 2023
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: KNOWBE4, INC.
Reel/Frame 062625/0841 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 2, 2023
From: KNOWBE4, INC.
To: OWL ROCK CORE INCOME CORP., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062627/0001 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Mar 12, 2021
From: KNOWBE4, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 056885/0889 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2020
From: SITES, ERIC; KRAS, GREG; IRIMIE, ALIN; SJOUWERMAN, STU; CASTILHO, MARCIO; MARTENS, SIEGFRIED; BONABEAU, ERIN; KIME, KRISTIAN
To: KNOWBE4, INC.
Reel/Frame 052563/0339 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16413021 · May 15, 2019
Provisional Application 62672390 · May 16, 2018
Provisional Application 62672386 · May 16, 2018
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