Ramakrishnan Sankaranarayanan

Title: Ramakrishnan Sankaranarayanan: Patent Work in Device Security

Introduction

Ramakrishnan Sankaranarayanan is an inventor based in Pleasanton, California, and works at Palo Alto Networks, Inc. His patent work addresses device security for equipment powered through Power over Ethernet (PoE).

Latest Patents

Sankaranarayanan is associated with 1 patent: “Profiling of Devices Powered Through Power over Ethernet for Device Security.” The invention creates profiles of connected powered devices by monitoring their attributes and power consumption over time. An agent on power sourcing equipment reports information about each device and its port to a service, which maintains device profiles and tracks power-consumption trends. When the service detects significant deviations from a device’s profile or expected power use, it can generate an alert associated with that device and port.

Career Highlights

At Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Sankaranarayanan’s listed patent work focuses on using device behavior and power-consumption patterns to help identify potential security concerns in PoE-connected devices.

Collaborations

Suryakant Devangan is identified as a coworker. The available information does not specify whether he collaborated on the patent.

Conclusion

Ramakrishnan Sankaranarayanan’s patent highlights an approach to device security that uses profiles and power-consumption trends to detect unusual behavior in PoE-connected equipment.