A three member team from Qatar University (QU) has been granted a US Patent (No. US 11,146,583 B2) for their innovation ‘Threat-Specific Security Risk Evaluation for Networked Systems.’
Dr Khaled Khan and Dr Noora Fetais from College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) collaborated with Dr Armstrong Nhlabatsi from QU’s KINDI Center for Computing Research.
Dr Khan and Dr Fetais acted as the lead principal investigator and principal investigator, respectively, of the project supported by the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). Dr Nhlabatsi is the lead researcher. The QU trio collaborated with researchers from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
The research team invented an improved method for threat-specific risk evaluation tailored to specific security objectives in networked systems. Organisations can use this method to evaluate their organisation-specific threats as opposed to general security threats.
Dr Khan, an associate professor, pointed out that effectively identifying vulnerability in the networked systems is a prerequisite for any security mechanisms, and this patented approach could satisfy this requirement.
Dr Fetais, also an associate professor, added that the approach consists of a set of metrics that could capture and calculate the magnitude of risks in the network related to a specific threat.
Dr Nhlabatsi explained that this patented approach is an improved technique for monitoring the security of computing networks, including a plurality of vulnerabilities of the components. The team hopes this invention will make evaluation of network security risk more effective and robust.
Dr Khan and Dr Fetais acted as the lead principal investigator and principal investigator, respectively, of the project supported by the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). Dr Nhlabatsi is the lead researcher. The QU trio collaborated with researchers from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
The research team invented an improved method for threat-specific risk evaluation tailored to specific security objectives in networked systems. Organisations can use this method to evaluate their organisation-specific threats as opposed to general security threats.
Dr Khan, an associate professor, pointed out that effectively identifying vulnerability in the networked systems is a prerequisite for any security mechanisms, and this patented approach could satisfy this requirement.
Dr Fetais, also an associate professor, added that the approach consists of a set of metrics that could capture and calculate the magnitude of risks in the network related to a specific threat.
Dr Nhlabatsi explained that this patented approach is an improved technique for monitoring the security of computing networks, including a plurality of vulnerabilities of the components. The team hopes this invention will make evaluation of network security risk more effective and robust.
