Sophos had six patents in cloud during Q4 2023. Sophos Ltd filed patents in Q4 2023 for a threat management facility for cloud computing, a method for monitoring device health and applying network access control, and a method for performing admission control in a containerized computing environment based on security constraints and quality metrics. These technologies aim to enhance security and efficiency in enterprise IT environments. GlobalData’s report on Sophos gives a 360-degreee view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Sophos grant share with cloud as a theme is 16% in Q4 2023. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
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Application: Deduplication of endpoint images (Patent ID: US20230412641A1)
The patent filed by Sophos Ltd. describes a threat management facility for enterprises that provides security services to virtual compute instances on a cloud computing platform. The facility aims to prevent the accumulation of records for abandoned compute instances by identifying redundancies and managing them accordingly. Each new virtual compute instance is explicitly identified by a user and template, then compared to existing records to determine redundancies that can be deleted or merged.
The patent outlines a computer program product that detects requests from compute instances in a virtual desktop infrastructure to join an enterprise network managed by the threat management facility. It creates virtual machine identifiers based on templates and user logins, compares them to existing records, and deduplicates instances to manage security services effectively. The system also includes provisions for security updates, user authentication, security policies, and managing compute instances according to enterprise security policies. Additionally, the patent describes a method and system for managing security for cloud-based virtual machines, involving user devices, virtual desktop infrastructures, and the threat management facility. The system is designed to deduplicate concurrent records of compute instances created based on templates, ensuring efficient and secure management of virtual machines in the cloud.
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