Granted Patent B2

US 12,513,167 · App. 18/674,385 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Inventor: Jonathan J. Thompson (Carmel, IN)

Assignee: AS0001, Inc.

H04L63/1416H04L63/1425H04L63/1433H04L63/1441H04L63/20

Abstract

Claims (65)

1 . A data protection system, comprising:

one or more processing circuits comprising executable instructions to:

receive an input from an entity of a plurality of entities via an interface, the interface comprising a plurality of protection plans for protecting a computing infrastructure of the entity;

identify, based on the input, parameters for protecting the entity corresponding with a third-party, wherein the parameters for protecting correspond with proof of one or more security postures of the entity, the one or more security postures representing (i) a state of cyber resilience of the computing infrastructure to one or more cybersecurity threats and (ii) one or more indexes, pointers, or references to data or resources of the computing infrastructure;

generate one or more protection plans of the plurality of protection plans corresponding with the parameters for protecting, wherein generating the one or more protection plans comprises activating a tool within the computing infrastructure of the entity based on the parameters for protecting;

monitor entity data of the entity with the tool activated corresponding with the one or more protection plans;

generate an order, incident, or protection plan based on a detection from monitoring the entity data or at least one interaction with a marketplace; and

provide the order, incident, or protection plan to an interface of a third-party computing system of the third-party as a plurality of actions, and wherein at least one of the plurality of actions comprises cybersecurity data corresponding with the one or more security postures of the entity.

2 . The data protection system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to:

provide the one or more protection plans to the marketplace for activation by the plurality of entities; and

receive, from an entity computing system, an activation of the one or more protection plans;

wherein the one or more protection plans comprise one or more of a cybersecurity plan, an insurance plan, or the protection plan.

3 . The data protection system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to:

generate and activate a cybersecurity protection obligation between the entity and the third-party, wherein the cybersecurity protection obligation comprises a plurality of a protection attributes; and

provide the one or more security postures, the entity data of the entity, and the cybersecurity protection obligation to the third-party computing system of the third-party.

4 . The data protection system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to:

wrap and provide, to an application programming interface (API), the parameters for protection.

5 . The data protection system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to:

automatically renew at least one of the one or more protection plans with at least one of the plurality of entities.

6 . The data protection system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to:

in response to receiving an indication of a completion of the incident, automatically generate and provide an invoice of the order, incident, or protection plan to the entity; and

in response to the completion of the incident, generate an incident summary comprising at least performance metrics, origination details of the incident, and an incident timeline.

7 . The data protection system of claim 1 , wherein generating the incident comprises generating a plurality of action items, and wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to:

prior to generating the one or more protection plans, provide the one or more protection plans to at least one of the plurality of entities for purchase based on one or more third-party customer parameters.

8 . The data protection system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to:

receive or determine one or more partners of the third-party; and

configure one or more routing rules for automatically sending action items in response to receiving the order, incident, or protection plan.

9 . The data protection system of claim 1 , wherein:

the incident is categorized into at least one of an inbound incident, an active incident, or a past incident, and the inbound incident comprise the cybersecurity data associated with the entity, and the active incident comprise real-time statuses and states;

wherein the interface of the third-party computing system comprises an incident room for a plurality of active incidents.

10 . The data protection system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to deploy and configure the tool within the computing infrastructure of the entity based on one or more requirements outlined in the one or more protection plans, wherein deploying comprises installing the tool within the computing infrastructure of the entity, and wherein configuring comprises modifying one or more settings or parameters of the tool within the computing infrastructure of the entity that aligns with the one or more protection plans.

11 . The data protection system of claim 10 , wherein generating and activating the one or more protection plans further comprises establishing connections and integrating the tool with the computing infrastructure of the entity, and wherein deploying further comprises at least one of (1) installing one or more software agents on endpoints of the computing infrastructure, (2) installing network appliances or sensors within the computing infrastructure, or (3) provisioning virtual instances of the tool in a cloud environment of the computing infrastructure.

12 . A method for protecting data, comprising:

receiving, by one or more processing circuits, an input from an entity of a plurality of entities via an interface, the interface comprising a plurality of protection plans for protecting a computing infrastructure of the entity;

identifying, by one or more processing circuits, based on the input, parameters for protecting the entity corresponding with a third-party, wherein the parameters for protection correspond with proof of one or more security postures of the entity, the one or more security postures representing (i) a state of cyber resilience of the computing infrastructure to one or more cybersecurity threats and (ii) one or more indexes, pointers, or references to data or resources of the computing infrastructure;

generating, by the one or more processing circuits, one or more protection plans of the plurality of protection plans corresponding with the parameters for protecting, wherein generating the one or more protection plans comprises activating a tool within the computing infrastructure of the entity based on the parameters for protecting;

monitoring, by the one or more processing circuits, entity data of the entity with the tool activated corresponding with the one or more protection plans;

generating, by the one or more processing circuits, an order, incident, or protection plan based on detecting from monitoring the entity data or at least one interaction with a marketplace; and

providing, by the one or more processing circuits, the order, incident, or protection plan to an interface of a third-party computing system of the third-party as a plurality of actions, and wherein at least one of the plurality of actions comprises cybersecurity data corresponding with the one or more security postures of the entity.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

providing, by the one or more processing circuits, the one or more protection plans to the marketplace for activation by the plurality of entities; and

receiving, by the one or more processing circuits from an entity computing system, an activation of the one or more protection plans;

wherein the one or more protection plans comprise or more of a cybersecurity plan, an insurance plan, or the protection plan.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

generating and activating, by the one or more processing circuits, a cybersecurity protection obligation between the entity and the third-party, wherein the cybersecurity protection obligation comprises a plurality of a protection attributes; and

providing, by the one or more processing circuits, the one or more security postures, the entity data of the entity, and the cybersecurity protection obligation to the third-party computing system of the third-party.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

wrapping and providing, by the one or more processing circuits to an application programming interface (API), the parameters for protecting.

16 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

automatically renewing, by the one or more processing circuits, at least one of the one or more protection plans with at least one of the plurality of entities.

17 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

in response to receiving an indication of a completion of the incident, automatically generating and providing, by the one or more processing circuits, an invoice of the incident to the entity; and

in response to the completion of the incident, generating, by the one or more processing circuits, an incident summary comprising at least performance metrics, origination details of the incident, and an incident timeline.

18 . The method of claim 12 , wherein generating the incident comprises generating a plurality of action items, and further comprising:

prior to generating the one or more protection plans, providing, by the one or more processing circuits, the one or more protection plans to at least one of the plurality of entities for purchase based on one or more third-party customer parameters.

19 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving or determining, by the one or more processing circuits, one or more partners of the third-party; and

configuring, by the one or more processing circuits, one or more routing rules for automatically sending action items in response to receiving the order, incident, or protection plan.

20 . A non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) comprising one or more instructions stored thereon and executable by one or more processors to:

receive an input from an entity of a plurality of entities via an interface, the interface comprising a plurality of protection plans for protecting a computing infrastructure of the entity;

identify, based on the input, parameters for protecting the entity corresponding with a third-party, wherein the parameters for protecting correspond with proof of one or more security postures of the entity, the one or more security postures representing (i) a state of cyber resilience of the computing infrastructure to one or more cybersecurity threats and (ii) one or more indexes, pointers, or references to data or resources of the computing infrastructure;

generate one or more protection plans of the plurality of protection plans corresponding with the parameters for protecting, wherein generating the one or more protection plans comprises activating a tool within the computing infrastructure of the entity based on the parameters for protecting;

monitor entity data of the entity with the tool activated corresponding with the one or more protection plans;

generate an order, incident, or protection plan based on a detection from monitoring the entity data or at least one interaction with a marketplace; and

provide the order, incident, or protection plan to an interface of a third-party computing system of the third-party as a plurality of actions, and wherein at least one of the plurality of actions comprises cybersecurity data corresponding with the one or more security postures of the entity.

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