Netskope had 25 patents in cloud during Q4 2023. Netskope Inc’s patents filed in Q4 2023 focus on technologies for policy enforcement on IoT devices. The patents cover transparent inline secure forwarders, DHCP relay-based steering logic, configuring IoT devices for policy enforcement, in-network intermediaries for metadata collection, and DHCP server-based steering logic. These technologies aim to enhance security and control over outbound network traffic from special-purpose devices on a network segment. GlobalData’s report on Netskope gives a 360-degreee view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Netskope grant share with cloud as a theme is 56% in Q4 2023. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
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Application: Transparent inline secure forwarder for policy enforcement on iot devices (Patent ID: US20230396653A1)
The technology disclosed in the patent application by Netskope Inc. relates to a system for transparent inline secure forwarding for policy enforcement on IoT devices. The system includes special-purpose devices on a network segment, a default gateway to receive outbound network traffic from these devices, and an inline secure forwarder that intercepts and routes the outbound traffic to a policy enforcement point. The inline secure forwarder shares an IP address with the default gateway in a transparent mode to perform these functions effectively.
The system further includes features such as determining metadata from intercepted outbound network traffic, appending this metadata to the traffic for policy enforcement, and sending it to a policy enforcement point. The metadata includes information like MAC addresses, pre-NATed IP addresses, and network segment details. Additionally, the system involves device classification logic to categorize special-purpose devices into different categories like EIoT, OT, IoMT, or other IoT devices. Based on this categorization, the policy enforcement point classifies the outbound network traffic as policy-conforming or non-conforming, allowing or blocking access to out-of-network destinations like cloud applications, web applications, and websites. Overall, the system aims to enhance security and policy enforcement for IoT devices through transparent inline forwarding.
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