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"Netshield” Defense System
NU 2008-182InventorsYan Chen*Zhichun LiGao XiaBin Liu Short DescriptionA network intrusion and prevention systemAbstractNorthwestern researchers have designed a new network defense system called NetShield that detects network intrusions more accurately and efficiently than current systems. Because emerging polymorphic attacks have made it difficult...
Published: 11/6/2025
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Keywords(s): Cybersecurity
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology
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Uranine: Real-time Privacy Leakage Detection and Prevention without System Modification for Android
NU 2013-220 InventorsVaibhav RastogiZhengyang QuJedidiah McClurgYan Chen* AbstractMobile devices are becoming increasingly popular. One reason for their popularity is the availability of a wide range of third party applications, which enrich the environment and increase usability. There are however privacy concerns centered around these applications...
Published: 11/6/2025
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Category(s): Physical Sciences > Software & Services
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Novel Logic Encryption Designs for Integrated Circuit Protection
NU 2017-097 Inventor Hai Zhou* Short Description A logic encryption design scheme for defending integrated circuits against SAT-based attacks Background Logic encryption is an important hardware security technique that introduces keys to modify a given combinational circuit in order to lock the functionality from unauthorized uses. It is important...
Published: 11/6/2025
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Keywords(s): Computer software, Cybersecurity
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Software & Services
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A Secure Private Network Database for Data Sharing
NU 2016-153 InventorsJennie Duggan* Abel Kho Short DescriptionA database technology that provides secure data sharing for mutually distrusting partiesBackgroundIn many settings, such as medicine, data markets, banking, online advertising, and human rights work, individuals or companies that do not trust one another want to pool their data for analysis....
Published: 11/6/2025
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Keywords(s): COVID-19, Cybersecurity, Data mining, User control
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Software & Services
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AppShield: A Proxy-Based Data Access Mechanism in Enterprise Mobility Management
NU 2015-078 InventorsYan Chen* Valibhav Rastogi Zhengyang Qu Guanyu Guo Zhengyue Shao Short DescriptionAn OS-independent data access mechanism for more secure enterprise mobility management AbstractEmployees tend to utilize personal devices to access corporation's resource given the popularity of Bring your own device (BYOD). While the convenience for...
Published: 11/6/2025
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Keywords(s): Application, Cybersecurity, Management, Mobile app
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Software & Services
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AutoCog: Description-to-Permission Fidelity Software
NU 2014-055 InventorsYan Chen* Vaibhav Rastogi Zhengyang Qu Short DescriptionNew application designed to assess whether an application description accurately conveys the permissions it requires to function on a smart phone AbstractMobile applications on smartphones frequently access sensitive privacy information, such as location data, contacts, photos,...
Published: 11/6/2025
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Keywords(s): Application, Computer software, Cybersecurity, Mobile app
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Software & Services
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Pseudonymous Public Keys Based Authentication: For a More Secure Intranet and Internet
NU 2008-118 and NU 2010-053 Inventors Leiwen Deng Aleksandar Kuzmanovic* Abstract Northwestern researchers have developed a novel security system called IDnet Mesh. It is a physical-token-based single sign-on technology that enables a scalable, secure and reliable user authentication system with low deployment costs. It enables Internet-wide single...
Published: 11/6/2025
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Keywords(s): Cybersecurity
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Software & Services
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