The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2022
Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Bhavesh Kothari, Pune, IN;
Sahir Hidayatullah, Mumbai, IN;
Deepen Desai, San Ramon, CA (US);
Akshay Shah, Bangalore, IN;
Reshad Patuck, Mumbai, IN;
Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Cloud-based deception systems and methods include monitoring activity associated with a plurality of decoys hosted in a decoy cloud environment for a customer, wherein the decoy cloud environment is separate from a real environment of the customer, and wherein the activity is between one or more fake assets on user devices of users associated with the customer; scoring the activity based on various steps taken between a fake asset and a decoy; and detecting a breach of the customer based on the scoring of the activity. The scoring includes increasing a score based on any activity by an attacker between the fake asset and the decoy.