Netskope had 34 patents in cybersecurity during Q4 2023. Netskope Inc’s patents filed in Q4 2023 focus on technologies for policy enforcement on IoT devices. These technologies include 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 systems aim to intercept outbound network traffic, modify DHCP responses, and route traffic to policy enforcement points for enhanced security and control over IoT 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 cybersecurity as a theme is 58% 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.
Furthermore, the system's inline secure forwarder is designed to determine metadata from the intercepted outbound network traffic, which uniquely identifies the special-purpose devices. This metadata includes MAC addresses, pre-NATed IP addresses, and information about the network segment. The forwarder appends this metadata to the intercepted traffic on a packet level and sends it to a device classification logic for categorization into different IoT device categories. Based on this categorization, the policy enforcement point classifies the traffic as policy-conforming or policy-non-conforming, allowing it to either send the traffic to intended out-of-network destinations or block it accordingly. The policy enforcement point can be a cloud service, enabling efficient and effective policy enforcement for IoT devices.
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