Netskope had 12 patents in internet of things 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 to route traffic to an inline secure forwarder, in-network intermediaries for metadata extraction and policy enforcement, and DHCP server-based steering logic for modifying DHCP responses. These innovations aim to enhance security and control over network traffic from special-purpose devices. 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 internet of things 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.
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 device classification logic. The device classification logic categorizes the 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 policy-non-conforming, allowing it to be sent to intended out-of-network destinations or blocked accordingly. The policy enforcement point can be a cloud service, enabling efficient and effective policy enforcement for IoT devices on the network segment.
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