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Joseph Donald Huba, Cheverly, MD US

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20100013645METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IMAGING ELECTRONS IN THE NEAR EARTH SPACE ENVIRONMENT - A method and system of globally monitoring space weather conditions, use an imager, including one or more telescopic instruments and one or more processors, containing computer program code. The imager is configured on a platform; and positioned in the near Earth space environment, where, based on the executed computer program code, the imager compiles information about space weather conditions, by directly detecting electron emissions on a global basis. Network interfaces coupled with the imager provide, over a communications network, a plurality of communications and information, about space weather conditions, between the imager and a plurality of operational space assets and operational Earth assets. The plurality of communications and information about space weather conditions includes signals and information which automatically alert the plurality of operational space assets and operational Earth assets of effects of a solar wind.01-21-2010

Robert K. Huba, Georgetown, TX US

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20110072506Integrated unified threat management for a process control system - A Unified Threat Management System (UTMS) for securing network traffic in a process control system may comprise network devices configured to receive network traffic related to the process control system and including a ruleset received from an external source. The ruleset may include one or more rules defining a condition to accept or deny the network traffic received at the network device. The state of the network device may be integrated into the process control system as a process control object or variable, thus allowing the state and other UTMS and component network device parameters and variables to be displayed to an operator at a workstation within a graphical process control system environment. The network devices may also communicate with a perpetual service that proactively supplies the devices with rulesets to meet the latest security threats, threat patterns, and control system vulnerabilities found or predicted to exist within the network.03-24-2011

Robert Kent Huba, Georgetown, TX US

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20100077471One Button Security Lockdown of a Process Control Network - Proper function and security of a complex network for communicating data within a process control system may be manually or automatically “locked-down” with a single command for an entire process control network or portions of the network. A user or application monitors network communication over multiple network devices. Once the network is configured and properly communicates data over the process control network, the application may lock down the network by deactivating or “locking out” access points on the network that are open and unused or have invalid connections. Locking down the network may essentially freeze it in a properly configured and functioning state and restrict future re-configuration of the network devices or harmful communication over an open or unused access point. When locked, is a currently connected device is unplugged and a different device is plugged into the access point, the network device may refuse the connection.03-25-2010
20100263025MEHTODS AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE LAYERED SECURITY FOR INTERFACE ACCESS CONTROL - Example methods and apparatus to provide layered security for interface access control are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a connect message in a first server from a client application to access at least one server endpoint, in response to receiving the connect message, opening a session between the at least one server endpoint and the client application if the session is authorized to be opened, receiving a request from the client application to open an endpoint that provides at least one of read access, write access, or subscribe access to at least one resource, opening the endpoint within the open session after determining that the client application is authorized to access the at least one resource via the endpoint, receiving a request from the client application to assign a selection of the at least one authorized resource to the endpoint, assigning the at least one selected resource to the endpoint, and granting the client application access to the at least one resource via the endpoint.10-14-2010