Peter H Kennis from 47 Park Pl, Panama City, FL 32413, age 61

Us Patents

Method And System For Intrusion Detection In A Computer Network
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US Patent:

7845007, Nov 30, 2010
Filed:

Apr 15, 2008
Appl. No.:

12/103447
Inventors:

Peter H. Kennis - Marietta GA, US
Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:

G08B 23/00
G06F 17/00
H04L 29/06
H04L 9/32
US Classification:

726 23, 726 11, 726 13, 726 22, 726 25, 713151, 713168, 709224
Abstract:

An intrusion detection system detects intrusion events in a computer network and assesses the vulnerability of the network components to the detected events. The intrusion detection system includes a scanner, one or more sensors and a security console for operation within a networked computing environment. A sensor of the intrusion detection system monitors the networked computing environment for possible intrusion events representing an unauthorized access or use of the network resources. In response to detecting an intrusion event, the sensor generates a scan request for handling by a scanner. This request initiates a scan of the target computer by the scanner to determine the vulnerability of the target to the attack. Based on this vulnerability analysis, the intrusion detection system evaluates the severity of the detected intrusion event and issues an alert having a priority corresponding to the severity of the intrusion.

Methods And Systems For Compliance Monitoring Knowledge Base
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US Patent:

7937319, May 3, 2011
Filed:

Jan 31, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/307303
Inventors:

Peter H. Kennis - Marietta GA, US
Daniel R. Kuokka - Palo Alto CA, US
Charles A Coombs - Atlanta GA, US
Stayton D Addison - Dunwoody GA, US
Andrew T Otwell - Douglasville GA, US
Jeffrey Z Johnson - Alpharetta GA, US
Patrick J. D. Taylor - Atlanta GA, US
Michael E. Lortz - Atlanta GA, US
Assignee:

Oversight Technologies, Inc. - Atlanta GA
International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
US Classification:

705 38, 35 36, 35 37, 35 38
Abstract:

A knowledge base and methods for use in connection with a policy compliance monitoring system operative to determine exceptions to policies expressed by computer-executable policy statements. The system allows establishment, codification, and maintenance of enterprise policies, monitors electronic transactions of the enterprise from various and possibly heterogeneous data sources, detects exceptions to established policies, reports exceptions to authorized users such as managers and auditors, and/or provides a case management system for tracking exceptions and their underlying transactions. The knowledge base comprises extractor files that are utilized for extracting information from data sources for utilization in policy compliance monitoring, a mapper for normalizing data from the data sources against a system ontology and storing normalized data in a monitoring database, and computer-executable compliance policy statements used by a transaction analysis engine. The policy statements represent predetermined policies of the enterprise that apply to data stored in the monitoring database.

Methods And Systems For Compliance Monitoring Case Management
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US Patent:

8170902, May 1, 2012
Filed:

Jan 31, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/307307
Inventors:

Peter H Kennis - Marietta GA, US
Daniel R. Kuokka - Palo Alto CA, US
Charles A Coombs - Atlanta GA, US
Stayton D Addison - Dunwoody GA, US
Andrew T Otwell - Douglasville GA, US
Jeffrey Z Johnson - Alpharetta GA, US
Patrick J. D. Taylor - Atlanta GA, US
Michael E. Lortz - Atlanta GA, US
Assignee:

Oversight Technologies, Inc. - Atlanta GA
International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 40/00
US Classification:

705 728, 705 711
Abstract:

A system for managing information of a case relating to possible lack of compliance of enterprise transactions with one or more predetermined compliance policies of an enterprise. An exceptions database stores information corresponding to exceptions indicative of a violation of an enterprise compliance policy. An input receives exceptions from a rules engine that determines a violation of an enterprise compliance policy based on information stored in one or more enterprise systems; the exceptions are stored in the exceptions database. A user interface is provided for assigning a case number to at least one exception, assigning an owner to the exceptions, collecting additional information relating to a case, and other functions. The system further provides a display of information relating to the exception, the entities involved in the exception, and the case to a user.

Methods And Systems For Transaction Compliance Monitoring
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US Patent:

20050209876, Sep 22, 2005
Filed:

Mar 21, 2005
Appl. No.:

11/085725
Inventors:

Peter Kennis - Marietta GA, US
Daniel Kuokka - Palo Alto CA, US
Charles Coombs - Atlanta GA, US
Stayton Addison - Atlanta GA, US
Andrew Otwell - Douglasville GA, US
Jeffrey Johnson - Alpharetta GA, US
Patrick Taylor - Atlanta GA, US
Michael Lortz - Atlanta GA, US
Assignee:

Oversight Technologies, Inc. - Atlanta GA
International Classification:

G06F017/60
US Classification:

705001000
Abstract:

An automated transaction integrity monitoring system () operative to monitor electronic transactions of an enterprise and detect exceptions indicating noncompliance with enterprise policies. An extractor () obtains data from heterogeneous data sources such as enterprise databases. A staging database () caches data from the data sources. A mapper () maps enterprise data into an enterprise ontology used to express enterprise policies. A knowledge base () stores computer-executable policy statements, extractor data, and mapper data. A monitoring database () stores data mapped in the enterprise ontology. A collaborative reasoning engine (CORE) () executes policy statements against the monitoring database and determines exceptions. An exceptions database () stores exceptions from CORE. A case management system () provides for analysis and tracking of exceptions.

Methods And Systems For Monitoring Transaction Entity Versions For Policy Compliance
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US Patent:

20060212487, Sep 21, 2006
Filed:

Jan 31, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/307309
Inventors:

Peter Kennis - Marietta GA, US
Daniel Kuokka - Palo Alto CA, US
Charles Coombs - Atlanta GA, US
Stayton Addison - Dunwoody GA, US
Andrew Otwell - Douglasville GA, US
Jeffrey Johnson - Alpharetta GA, US
Patrick Taylor - Atlanta GA, US
Michael Lortz - Atlanta GA, US
International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 12/00
US Classification:

707200000
Abstract:

A system for determining lack of compliance of a transactional entity with an enterprise policy by maintaining an historical record of the entity as changes are made over time. The system allows establishment, codification, and maintenance of enterprise policies, monitors electronic transactions of the enterprise from various data sources, detects exceptions to established policies, reports exceptions to authorized users such as managers and auditors, and/or provides a case management system for tracking exceptions and their underlying transactions. A master data extractor establishes an initial instance of a transactional entity in a monitoring database. A changed data extractor is responsive to changed data for establishing a subsequent instance of the transactional entity in the monitoring database. A transaction analysis engine applies predetermined policy rules to data in the monitoring database to determine lack of compliance of the initial and subsequent instances of the transactional entity with enterprise policies.

Methods And Systems For Mapping Transaction Data To Common Ontology For Compliance Monitoring
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US Patent:

20080082374, Apr 3, 2008
Filed:

Jan 31, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/307302
Inventors:

Peter H. KENNIS - Marietta GA, US
Daniel R. KUOKKA - Palo Alto CA, US
Charles A. COOMBS - Atlanta GA, US
Stayton D. ADDISON - Dunwoody GA, US
Andrew T. OTWELL - Douglasville GA, US
Jeffrey Z. JOHNSON - Alpharetta GA, US
Patrick J.D. TAYLOR - Atlanta GA, US
Michael E. LORTZ - Atlanta GA, US
International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06F 17/30
G06F 17/40
US Classification:

705 7
Abstract:

An automated transaction integrity monitoring system operative to monitor electronic transactions of an enterprise and detect exceptions indicating noncompliance with enterprise policies. The system allows establishment, codification, and maintenance of enterprise policies, monitors electronic transactions of the enterprise from various and possibly heterogeneous data sources, detects exceptions to established policies, reports such exceptions to authorized users such as managers and auditors, and/or provides a case management system for tracking such exceptions and their underlying transactions. The invention specifically relates to systems and methods for transforming or mapping information from a data source relating to a transactional entity associated with an enterprise into a form for processing by a transaction analysis engine operative upon data expressed in a predetermined ontology. The ontology expresses data items in a manner common across plural heterogeneous databases. The enterprise policies are expressed in terms of the ontology.

Methods And Systems For Policy Statement Execution Engine
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US Patent:

20080082375, Apr 3, 2008
Filed:

Jan 31, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/307305
Inventors:

Peter H. KENNIS - Marietta GA, US
Daniel R. KUOKKA - Palo Alto CA, US
Charles A. COOMBS - Atlanta GA, US
Stayton D. ADDISON - Dunwoody GA, US
Andrew T. OTWELL - Douglasville GA, US
Jeffrey Z. JOHNSON - Alpharetta GA, US
Patrick J.D. TAYLOR - Atlanta GA, US
Michael E. LORTZ - Atlanta GA, US
International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06F 17/00
G06F 17/40
US Classification:

705 7
Abstract:

A policy statement execution engine for use in connection with a policy compliance monitoring system that determines exceptions to policies expressed by computer-executable policy statements. The system allows establishment, codification, and maintenance of enterprise policies, monitors electronic transactions of the enterprise from various data sources, detects exceptions to established policies, reports exceptions to authorized users such as managers and auditors, and/or provides a case management system for tracking exceptions and their underlying transactions. A storage device stores a set of computer-executable policy statements. A data storage device stores enterprise data analyzed in connection with determining policy exceptions. A policy analysis engine retrieves data from the data storage device that is referenced by the policy statement, evaluates an indicator provided in the policy statement, and determines a confidence level associated with the indicator. An exception determining component responsive to the confidence level generates data indicating a policy exception.

Methods And Systems For Entity Linking In Compliance Policy Monitoring
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US Patent:

20080082377, Apr 3, 2008
Filed:

Jan 31, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/307308
Inventors:

Peter H. KENNIS - Marietta GA, US
Daniel R. KUOKKA - Palo Alto CA, US
Charles A. COOMBS - Atlanta GA, US
Stayton D. ADDISON - Dunwoody GA, US
Andrew T. OTWELL - Douglasville GA, US
Jeffrey Z. JOHNSON - Alpharetta GA, US
Patrick J.D. TAYLOR - Atlanta GA, US
Michael E. LORTZ - Atlanta GA, US
International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06F 17/30
G06F 17/40
US Classification:

705 7
Abstract:

A system for linking entities associated with electronic transactions that are monitored for compliance with predetermined compliance policies of an enterprise. The system allows establishment, codification, and maintenance of enterprise policies, monitors electronic transactions of the enterprise from various data sources, detects exceptions to established policies, reports exceptions to authorized users such as managers and auditors, and/or provides a case management system for tracking exceptions and their underlying transactions. A monitoring database stores data corresponding to monitored transactions and support entities. A transactions analysis engine executes computer-executable compliance policy statements against the monitoring database to determine whether a transaction has indicated an exception to a policy. The transaction analysis engine retrieves information corresponding to a particular prestored support entity that causes an exception. Information is retrieved corresponding to other support entities that are related to the particular prestored support entity, so as to link related transactional entities.