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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2015
Applicant:

Schneider Electric Usa, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin W. Edwards, Rolesville, NC (US);

Konstantin Alexander Filippenko, Grenoble, FR;

Richard Karl Weiler, Wake Forest, NC (US);

Matthew L. White, Raleigh, NC (US);

Kevin M. Jefferies, Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:

Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Andover, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01); H04L 63/308 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for evaluating and altering, if necessary, the potential for a cyber security attack on an individual embedded device located on a local network assumed to be protected from outside cyber threats. In a first level of potential exposure the system attempts to send an outgoing message to a known IP address on a network outside the local network. If the outgoing messages are confirmed as received the embedded device has access to outside networks. In a second level of potential exposure the known outside IP address attempts to send an incoming message to the embedded device. If the incoming message is received the embedded can be accessed from an external network.


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