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Determining financial risk based on cybersecurity data for remediation thereof

Grant US12591753B2 Kind: B2 Mar 31, 2026

Assignee

Zscaler, Inc.

Inventors

Michael Turek, Lisa Raymond-Smith, Shanghao Chen, Karthikeyan Thamilarasu, Shriyash Shete, Florian Vogt, Shawn Poh Wei Jian, Gary Symes

Abstract

Systems and methods for analyzing cybersecurity data to determine financial risk include obtaining cybersecurity monitoring data for an organization where the cybersecurity monitoring data is from a plurality of sources including from cybersecurity monitoring of a plurality of users associated with the organization; determining a current cyber risk posture of the organization based on the cybersecurity monitoring data; determining inputs for a Monte Carlo simulation to characterize financial losses of the organization due to a cyber event in a predetermined time period based on (1) an associated industry of the organization, (2) a size of the organization, and (3) the current cyber risk posture of the organization; performing a plurality of trials of the Monte Carlo simulation utilizing the inputs; and displaying a risk distribution curve based on results of the plurality of trials where the risk distribution curve plots a curve of losses versus a probability.

CPC Classifications

H04L 63/1433 H04L 41/16 H04L 63/1408

Filing Date

2023-12-11

Application No.

18535100

Claims

18