Palo Alto Networks had 83 patents in cybersecurity during Q4 2023. Palo Alto Networks Inc filed patents in Q4 2023 for techniques such as cloud native VM runtime protection, fast policy matching with runtime signature update, securing control and user plane separation in mobile networks, tenant authentication in a secure web gateway, and a browser extension for displaying security information alongside web page content. These innovations aim to enhance cybersecurity measures and provide a comprehensive approach to protecting networks and data. GlobalData’s report on Palo Alto Networks gives a 360-degreee view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.

Palo Alto Networks grant share with cybersecurity as a theme is 42% in Q4 2023. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.

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Application: Cloud native virtual machine runtime protection (Patent ID: US20230418637A1)

The patent filed by Palo Alto Networks Inc. describes a system and method for cloud native virtual machine (VM) runtime protection. The method involves training a machine learning model to detect normal behavior of services on a cloud native VM, defining capabilities based on detected behaviors, generating a normal behavior model, and detecting deviations from this model caused by abnormal behaviors. The capabilities include allowed and denied behaviors for each service, and the method can detect abnormal behaviors using the trained machine learning model or by checking against defined capabilities.

The patent also includes claims related to defining capabilities based on hierarchical relationships, using behavioral rules to define behaviors, correlating behaviors among services, uploading the normal behavior model to a cloud service, and enhancing defined capabilities with behavioral rules for runtime execution. The method involves training the machine learning model on a variety of discrete behaviors such as running processes, using input arguments, and accessing file paths. By creating a normal behavior model and monitoring for deviations, this system aims to provide effective runtime protection for cloud native VMs by detecting abnormal behaviors that are not part of the defined capabilities.

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