US 12,407,658 B2
Security device for obfuscating and securing lab equipment
Sterling Sawaya, Boulder, CO (US); and Aaron Hansen, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to GENEINFOSEC, INC., Boulder, CO (US)
Filed by GENEINFOSEC, INC., Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/203,861.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/348,659, filed on Jun. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0396592 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0428 (2013.01) [H04L 63/029 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data protection system comprising:
a network security device including a security module and a firewall, the network security device configured as an intermediary device between laboratory equipment and a communication network, the network security device including:
a memory storing one or more applications;
an input/output interface configured to receive data generated by the laboratory equipment;
an electronic processor configured to, through execution of the one or more applications:
modify the data received from the laboratory equipment to protect sensitive data included in the data;
encrypt the data, as modified, to generate a data file;
transfer the data file to one or more devices over the network; and
prevent network traffic from reaching the laboratory equipment,
wherein the electronic processor is further configured to generate an instruction file identifying how the data was modified and encrypt the instruction file.