US 12,468,802 B2
Kernel-based protection of computer processes
Yoav Orot, Somerville, MA (US); Gal Kaplan, Tel Aviv (IL); Roi Leibovich, Tel Aviv (IL); and Dan Amiga, Ramat Hasharon (IL)
Assigned to ISLAND TECHNOLOGY, INC., Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Island Technology, Inc., Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/522,402.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/428,748, filed on Nov. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0176876 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/54 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/54 (2013.01) [G06F 2221/032 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer security method comprising:
protecting a process of a first computer software application executed by a computer, where the protecting is performed in accordance with a protection policy;
receiving an instruction from the process to modify the protection policy;
modifying the protection policy in accordance with the instruction; and
protecting the process in accordance with the protection policy after it has been modified in accordance with the instruction,
wherein the protecting, receiving, and modifying are performed by a kernel driver executed by the computer.