Verizon Laboratories Inc.

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Verizon Services Corporation

Edward James Norris

David Kenneth Dumas

Michael Talbert

Daniel J O'Callaghan

James Trent McConnell

Christina Lynn Fyock

Meaghan Leong

William E Garrett, Jr

Roland W Hicks, Jr

Scott Andrew Belgard

A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to determine a service requirement for a client device connected to a WiFi access point in a customer premises network that includes a plurality of WiFi access points. The processor may be further configured to monitor a service requirement parameter, associated with the determined service requirement, for the client device; detect that the service requirement parameter is within a threshold of the determined service requirement; and perform a self-organizing network (SON) action on the customer premises network, in response to detecting that the service requirement parameter is within the threshold of the determined service requirement.

Self-organizing customer premises network

A system () for monitoring a denial of service attack upon a target network resource includes a memory () and a processor (). The memory () stores instructions. The processor () executes the instructions in the memory () to receive one of a plurality of denial of service attack profiles, each profile identifying the target network resource and to execute a denial of service attack against the target network resource in accordance with the received profile. The processor () further executes the instructions in the memory () to scan one or more ports of the target network resource to determine an effect of the executed denial of service attack.

Systems and methods for testing denial of service attacks

A method and system are disclosed for assessing cyber-based risks in an enterprise organization. A database comprising vulnerability data associated with computers in an enterprise is combined with a second database comprising data of users of computers in an enterprise, along with a third database base indicating the relationship of the users in an organization structure in the enterprise. From the synthesis of data in these separate databases, text based reports detailing aggregate computer vulnerabilities can be produced on a computer, as well as organizational charts depicting the relationship between selected individuals and their computer vulnerabilities. Using such reports, individuals charged with cyber-security can assess organizational cyber risks and allocate resources as appropriate.

Systems and methods for measuring cyber based risks in an enterprise organization

A device () records traffic in a communications network. The device () monitors traffic received by the device () and determines whether the received traffic is unexpected. The device () records the traffic when the traffic is determined to be unexpected.

Systems and methods for detecting a network sniffer

Systems and methods are provided for detecting a wireless access device on a network. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving from the network a packet with an address; comparing the address with one or more registered addresses; determining the operating system associated with the address, when the comparing results in a match between the address and at least one of the registered addresses; comparing the determined operating system with one or more stored operating systems, such that at least one of the stored operating systems correspond to the wireless access device; and indicating that the received packet corresponds to the wireless access device when the determined operating system matches at least one of the stored operating systems.

Systems and methods for wireless access point detection

A security system () in a network includes a softswitch () and a detection unit (). The detection unit () detects activity directed to the softswitch () and records the detected activity. In another implementation, a method for configuring a security device () for use in a network includes installing a detection unit () to monitor and record traffic directed to the security device (), installing a deceptive operating system (), installing a softswitch (), and configuring the deceptive operating system () and softswitch () to mirror settings used in an active softswitch () in the network.

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Lancaster, MA, United States of America

Edward James Norris