Critical Technology

Protective Cybersecurity Technologies

The capacity to develop the technologies that protect systems and data, defensive tooling, secure architectures, detection and response technology, and the security engineering beneath them. One of the capabilities of Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies.

International families: 78k2015 to 2024
Leading country: United States1.6× the next
All families: 340khome filings included
Over five years: Steady2020 to 2024 against the five before

Year by year

Patent families by country of origin and the year of the earliest filing, 2000 to 2025; 2025 is a part year, still filling in. International families are those for which protection was sought beyond one country.

Volume

International patent families in the capability, by the year of the earliest filing.

Source: Global Institute for National Capability (GINC), 2026. Underlying patents from 107 patent offices, IFI CLAIMS and Google

Share by country

Each country's share of the year's international families, in per cent: the capability's five largest countries of origin, 2015 to 2024, and the rest of the world.

Source: Global Institute for National Capability (GINC), 2026. Underlying patents from 107 patent offices, IFI CLAIMS and Google

Country leaderboard

International patent families, 2015 to 2024, by country of origin. Growth compares the latest five full years with the five before.

Ten largest

United States

China

Japan

South Korea

Germany

France

Sweden

United Kingdom

Taiwan

Finland

24,476

15,698

8,691

6,051

4,461

2,494

1,985

1,834

1,586

1,314


1	United States	24,476	31.4%	1.0×	63,980
2	China	15,698	20.1%	1.2×	212,965
3	Japan	8,691	11.1%	0.9×	13,626
4	South Korea	6,051	7.8%	1.2×	17,015
5	Germany	4,461	5.7%	1.1×	6,075
6	France	2,494	3.2%	0.8×	3,077
7	Sweden	1,985	2.5%	1.2×	2,057
8	United Kingdom	1,834	2.4%	0.9×	2,575
9	Taiwan	1,586	2.0%	1.1×	2,565
10	Finland	1,314	1.7%	1.4×	1,422
11	Canada	1,147	1.5%	0.8×	1,819
12	Switzerland	1,057	1.4%	1.5×	1,443
13	Israel	911	1.2%	0.9×	1,828
14	Singapore	815	1.0%	1.8×	1,133
15	Netherlands	809	1.0%	1.1×	980
16	Cayman Islands	799	1.0%	0.1×	895
17	India	611	0.8%	1.5×	1,076
18	Russia	469	0.6%	0.5×	859
19	Australia	300	0.4%	0.7×	463
20	Italy	275	0.4%	1.1×	436
21	Ireland	262	0.3%	0.6×	417
22	Türkiye	213	0.3%	1.8×	404
23	Spain	160	0.2%	1.0×	185
24	Hong Kong	159	0.2%	0.4×	231
25	Austria	131	0.2%	1.0×	146
26	Denmark	123	0.2%	1.0×	135
27	Saudi Arabia	112	0.1%	1.5×	234
28	Belgium	108	0.1%	0.7×	130
29	Norway	106	0.1%	0.9×	117
30	Luxembourg	65	0.1%	0.8×	73
31	Poland	53	0.1%	0.6×	89
32	Brazil	50	0.1%	0.6×	131
33	Malaysia	49	0.1%	0.6×	56
34	Portugal	44	0.1%	1.6×	53
35	Czechia	42	0.1%	0.4×	125
36	New Zealand	35	0.0%	1.2×	40
37	South Africa	35	0.0%	0.4×	39
38	Mexico	16	0.0%	0.8×	38
39	Hungary	16	0.0%	1.0×	24
40	Liechtenstein	10	0.0%	0.4×	13

Applicants

The largest applicants by international patent families, 2015 to 2024: across the world, then within each of the five countries with the most families in Protective Cybersecurity Technologies. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.

Global

78,012 international families

HUAWEI TECH CO LTD · China

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD · South Korea

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC · United States

ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M · Sweden

ZTE CORP · China

INTEL CORP · United States

3,932

2,340

1,943

1,527

1,248

1,151

United States

24,476 international families

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

INTEL CORP

QUALCOMM INC

IBM

GOOGLE LLC

APPLE INC

1,937

1,135

1,084

878

773

668

China

15,698 international families

HUAWEI TECH CO LTD

ZTE CORP

GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP LTD

ALIPAY HANGZHOU INF TECH CO LTD

TENCENT TECH SHENZHEN CO LTD

PING AN TECH SHENZHEN CO LTD

3,873

1,248

555

457

452

451

Japan

8,691 international families

NEC CORP

CANON KK

NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE

FUJITSU LTD

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP

HITACHI LTD

783

761

567

486

355

341

South Korea

6,051 international families

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

LG ELECTRONICS INC

ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS RES INST

HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD

KIA CORP

KIA MOTORS CORP

2,337

444

271

266

188

143

Germany

4,461 international families

SIEMENS AG

BOSCH GMBH ROBERT

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG

5.1% shared · 4,968 families in both

United States

Japan

China

South Korea

Germany

8,689

3,604

3,322

2,540

750

Crosswalk

How Protective Cybersecurity Technologies is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 183 Cooperative entries in all. A patent family counts when any of its codes, in either scheme and at any office, falls under one of them. Codes since retired are placed under the entries that replaced them.

Entry	Title in the scheme	Why it is chosen	CPC codes	IPC codes	Documents
G06F21/50	Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems	Platform integrity: malware and intrusion detection, secure boot	22	8	345,803
G06F21/60	Protecting data	Protecting data: access control and encryption services	13	2	390,423
G06F21/70	Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer	Hardware security of computer components	22	19	179,703
H04L63/00	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security	Network security: firewalls, access control, malicious-traffic detection	74	6	1,380,036
H04L9/40	Network security protocols	Network security protocols	1	1	227,700
H04W12/00	Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity	Wireless network security	111	54	547,127
G06F21/6245	Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes	Left out
G06F21/64	Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures	Left out
H04L63/08	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for authentication of entities	Left out
H04W12/02	Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]	Left out
H04W12/06	Authentication	Left out

CPC and IPC codes are the codes in use on patent documents, at any office, that fall under the entry. Documents is the larger of the two schemes' counts of documents carrying one of them. An entry with no IPC codes can be told apart only in the Cooperative scheme.

The Cooperative codes in use that count towards Protective Cybersecurity Technologies: 243 codes on 2,956,863 documents. The 150 most used are listed; the full list is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.

Code	Title	Under entry	How placed	Documents
H04L9/40	Network security protocols	H04L9/40	In the scheme	126,005
H04L63/0428	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload	H04L63/00	In the scheme	121,965
G06F21/602	Providing cryptographic facilities or services	G06F21/60	In the scheme	103,432
H04L63/20	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for managing network security; network security policies in general	H04L63/00	In the scheme	83,506
H04L63/10	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for controlling access to devices or network resources	H04L63/00	In the scheme	82,988
G06F21/6218	Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database	G06F21/60	In the scheme	81,175
H04W12/08	Access security	H04W12/00	In the scheme	75,693
H04L63/1416	Event detection, e.g. attack signature detection	H04L63/00	In the scheme	66,650
H04L63/1425	Traffic logging, e.g. anomaly detection	H04L63/00	In the scheme	62,132
H04L63/102	Entity profiles	H04L63/00	In the scheme	53,676
H04L63/1441	Countermeasures against malicious traffic	H04L63/00	In the scheme	44,489
H04L63/123	Applying verification of the received information received data contents, e.g. message integrity	H04L63/00	In the scheme	41,239
G06F21/577	Assessing vulnerabilities and evaluating computer system security	G06F21/50	In the scheme	39,710
H04W12/04	Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]	H04W12/00	In the scheme	39,448
H04L63/101	Access control lists [ACL]	H04L63/00	In the scheme	37,923
G06F21/57	Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities	G06F21/50	In the scheme	36,991
H04L63/1433	Vulnerability analysis	H04L63/00	In the scheme	36,239
H04L63/1408	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for detecting or protecting against malicious traffic by monitoring network traffic	H04L63/00	In the scheme	35,750
G06F21/604	Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems	G06F21/60	In the scheme	34,264
G06F21/554	Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures involving event detection and direct action	G06F21/50	In the scheme	33,224
G06F21/53	Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems during program execution, e.g. stack integrity ; Preventing unwanted data erasure; Buffer overflow by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine	G06F21/50	In the scheme	31,586
H04L63/12	Applying verification of the received information	H04L63/00	In the scheme	31,345
H04L63/0442	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply asymmetric encryption, i.e. different keys for encryption and decryption	H04L63/00	In the scheme	30,990
H04L63/105	Multiple levels of security	H04L63/00	In the scheme	30,739
G06F21/62	Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules	G06F21/60	In the scheme	30,422
H04L63/0272	Virtual private networks	H04L63/00	In the scheme	29,291
G06F21/6209	Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself	G06F21/60	In the scheme	27,574
H04W12/03	Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption	H04W12/00	In the scheme	26,702
H04L63/06	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for supporting key management in a packet data network	H04L63/00	In the scheme	26,193
G06F21/552	Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures involving long-term monitoring or reporting	G06F21/50	In the scheme	25,514
H04W12/50	Secure pairing of devices	H04W12/00	In the scheme	24,675
H04W12/041	Key generation or derivation	H04W12/00	In the scheme	24,578
H04L63/061	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for supporting key management in a packet data network for key exchange, e.g. in peer-to-peer networks	H04L63/00	In the scheme	24,568
G06F21/566	Dynamic detection, i.e. detection performed at run-time, e.g. emulation, suspicious activities	G06F21/50	In the scheme	24,116
H04L63/126	Applying verification of the received information the source of the received data	H04L63/00	In the scheme	24,060
H04L63/062	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for supporting key management in a packet data network for key distribution, e.g. centrally by trusted party	H04L63/00	In the scheme	23,521
G06F21/6227	Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries	G06F21/60	In the scheme	23,184
G06F21/606	Protecting data by securing the transmission between two devices or processes	G06F21/60	In the scheme	23,169
H04L63/0236	Filtering by address, protocol, port number or service, e.g. IP-address or URL	H04L63/00	In the scheme	22,797
H04L63/0435	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply symmetric encryption, i.e. same key used for encryption and decryption	H04L63/00	In the scheme	22,249
H04L63/18	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels	H04L63/00	In the scheme	21,707
H04W12/63	Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent	H04W12/00	In the scheme	21,422
H04L63/145	Countermeasures against malicious traffic the attack involving the propagation of malware through the network, e.g. viruses, trojans or worms	H04L63/00	In the scheme	20,939
G06F21/78	Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure storage of data	G06F21/70	In the scheme	20,433
H04L63/0227	Filtering policies	H04L63/00	In the scheme	20,124
H04W12/033	Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic	H04W12/00	In the scheme	19,831
G06F21/56	Computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangements	G06F21/50	In the scheme	19,138
H04L63/1466	Active attacks involving interception, injection, modification, spoofing of data unit addresses, e.g. hijacking, packet injection or TCP sequence number attacks	H04L63/00	In the scheme	19,125
G06F21/60	Protecting data	G06F21/60	In the scheme	19,085
G06F21/79	Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure storage of data in semiconductor storage media, e.g. directly-addressable memories	G06F21/70	In the scheme	18,893
H04L63/107	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for controlling access to devices or network resources wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals	H04L63/00	In the scheme	18,266
H04L63/0281	Proxies	H04L63/00	In the scheme	18,181
H04L63/1458	Denial of Service	H04L63/00	In the scheme	18,037
G06F21/575	Secure boot	G06F21/50	In the scheme	18,007
H04L63/104	Grouping of entities	H04L63/00	In the scheme	18,001
H04L63/02	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls	H04L63/00	In the scheme	17,981
H04W12/12	Detection or prevention of fraud	H04W12/00	In the scheme	17,568
H04W12/0431	Key distribution or pre-distribution; Key agreement	H04W12/00	In the scheme	17,421
H04L63/205	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for managing network security; network security policies in general involving negotiation or determination of the one or more network security mechanisms to be used, e.g. by negotiation between the client and the server or between peers or by selection according to the capabilities of the entities involved	H04L63/00	In the scheme	16,991
H04L63/166	Implementing security features at a particular protocol layer at the transport layer	H04L63/00	In the scheme	16,448
G06F21/55	Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures	G06F21/50	In the scheme	16,271
G06F21/72	Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure computing or processing of information in cryptographic circuits	G06F21/70	In the scheme	16,043
H04W12/122	Counter-measures against attacks; Protection against rogue devices	H04W12/00	In the scheme	16,003
H04L63/0263	Rule management	H04L63/00	In the scheme	15,591
G06F21/51	Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems at application loading time, e.g. accepting, rejecting, starting or inhibiting executable software based on integrity or source reliability	G06F21/50	In the scheme	15,474
H04W12/35	Protecting application or service provisioning, e.g. securing SIM application provisioning	H04W12/00	In the scheme	14,628
H04W12/106	Packet or message integrity	H04W12/00	In the scheme	14,421
H04L63/168	Implementing security features at a particular protocol layer above the transport layer	H04L63/00	In the scheme	14,158
H04W12/10	Integrity	H04W12/00	In the scheme	13,718
G06F21/629	Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules to features or functions of an application	G06F21/60	In the scheme	13,557
G06F21/52	Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems during program execution, e.g. stack integrity ; Preventing unwanted data erasure; Buffer overflow	G06F21/50	In the scheme	13,490
G06F21/74	Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure computing or processing of information operating in dual or compartmented mode, i.e. at least one secure mode	G06F21/70	In the scheme	13,220
G06F21/85	Protecting input, output or interconnection devices interconnection devices, e.g. bus-connected or in-line devices	G06F21/70	In the scheme	12,544
G06F21/572	Secure firmware programming, e.g. of basic input output system [BIOS]	G06F21/50	In the scheme	12,457
H04L63/029	Firewall traversal, e.g. tunnelling or, creating pinholes	H04L63/00	In the scheme	12,381
H04L63/108	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for controlling access to devices or network resources when the policy decisions are valid for a limited amount of time	H04L63/00	In the scheme	12,376
G06F21/71	Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure computing or processing of information	G06F21/70	In the scheme	11,755
H04L63/1483	Countermeasures against malicious traffic service impersonation, e.g. phishing, pharming or web spoofing	H04L63/00	In the scheme	11,725
H04W12/72	Subscriber identity	H04W12/00	In the scheme	11,466
H04L63/04	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks	H04L63/00	In the scheme	11,356
G06F21/608	Secure printing	G06F21/60	In the scheme	11,268
G06F21/84	Protecting input, output or interconnection devices output devices, e.g. displays or monitors	G06F21/70	In the scheme	11,136
H04W12/71	Hardware identity	H04W12/00	In the scheme	11,124
G06F21/54	Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems during program execution, e.g. stack integrity ; Preventing unwanted data erasure; Buffer overflow by adding security routines or objects to programs	G06F21/50	In the scheme	10,635
H04L63/14	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for detecting or protecting against malicious traffic	H04L63/00	In the scheme	10,617
H04W12/037	Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption of the control plane, e.g. signalling traffic	H04W12/00	In the scheme	10,415
H04L63/0209	Architectural arrangements, e.g. perimeter networks or demilitarized zones	H04L63/00	In the scheme	10,269
H04L63/164	Implementing security features at a particular protocol layer at the network layer	H04L63/00	In the scheme	9,965
G06F21/73	Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure computing or processing of information by creating or determining hardware identification, e.g. serial numbers	G06F21/70	In the scheme	9,946
G06F21/86	Secure or tamper-resistant housings	G06F21/70	In the scheme	9,574
H04L63/0421	Anonymous communication, i.e. the party's identifiers are hidden from the other party or parties, e.g. using an anonymizer	H04L63/00	In the scheme	9,455
H04L63/0407	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks wherein the identity of one or more communicating identities is hidden	H04L63/00	In the scheme	9,394
G06F21/83	Protecting input, output or interconnection devices input devices, e.g. keyboards, mice or controllers thereof	G06F21/70	In the scheme	9,082
H04W12/084	Access security using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol	H04W12/00	In the scheme	9,052
H04L63/0245	Filtering by information in the payload	H04L63/00	In the scheme	8,950
G06F21/88	Detecting or preventing theft or loss	G06F21/70	In the scheme	8,929
H04W12/37	Managing security policies for mobile devices or for controlling mobile applications	H04W12/00	In the scheme	8,879
H04W12/61	Time-dependent	H04W12/00	In the scheme	8,682
G06F21/562	Static detection	G06F21/50	In the scheme	8,641
G06F21/50	Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems	G06F21/50	In the scheme	8,101
H04W12/126	Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning	H04W12/00	In the scheme	7,886
H04W12/77	Graphical identity	H04W12/00	In the scheme	7,786
H04L63/068	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for supporting key management in a packet data network using time-dependent keys, e.g. periodically changing keys	H04L63/00	In the scheme	7,692
H04W12/0433	Key management protocols	H04W12/00	In the scheme	7,634
H04L63/045	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply hybrid encryption, i.e. combination of symmetric and asymmetric encryption	H04L63/00	In the scheme	7,617
G06F21/563	Static detection by source code analysis	G06F21/50	In the scheme	7,399
H04L63/162	Implementing security features at a particular protocol layer at the data link layer	H04L63/00	In the scheme	7,352
H04W12/082	Access security using revocation of authorisation	H04W12/00	In the scheme	7,302
H04W12/088	Access security using filters or firewalls	H04W12/00	In the scheme	7,095
H04L63/0492	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload by using a location-limited connection, e.g. near-field communication or limited proximity of entities	H04L63/00	In the scheme	7,031
H04L63/065	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for supporting key management in a packet data network for group communications	H04L63/00	In the scheme	6,879
H04L63/1491	Countermeasures against malicious traffic using deception as countermeasure, e.g. honeypots, honeynets, decoys or entrapment	H04L63/00	In the scheme	6,723
H04W12/009	Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity specially adapted for networks, e.g. wireless sensor networks, ad-hoc networks, RFID networks or cloud networks	H04W12/00	In the scheme	6,442
H04L63/00	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security	H04L63/00	In the scheme	5,786
H04W12/00	Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity	H04W12/00	In the scheme	5,697
H04W12/086	Access security using security domains	H04W12/00	In the scheme	5,620
G06F21/80	Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure storage of data in storage media based on magnetic or optical technology, e.g. disks with sectors	G06F21/70	In the scheme	5,516
H04W12/108	Source integrity	H04W12/00	In the scheme	5,476
H04W12/64	Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent using geofenced areas	H04W12/00	In the scheme	5,439
H04L63/30	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for supporting lawful interception, monitoring or retaining of communications or communication related information	H04L63/00	In the scheme	5,373
H04W12/128	Anti-malware arrangements, e.g. protection against SMS fraud or mobile malware	H04W12/00	In the scheme	5,308
H04W12/40	Security arrangements using identity modules	H04W12/00	In the scheme	5,296
H04W12/33	Security of mobile devices; Security of mobile applications using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses	H04W12/00	In the scheme	5,208
H04W12/68	Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent	H04W12/00	In the scheme	5,137
G06F21/77	Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure computing or processing of information in smart cards	G06F21/70	In the scheme	5,078
G06F21/564	Static detection by virus signature recognition	G06F21/50	In the scheme	5,037
H04L63/0485	Networking architectures for enhanced packet encryption processing, e.g. offloading of IPsec packet processing or efficient security association look-up	H04L63/00	In the scheme	5,017
H04W12/47	Security arrangements using identity modules using near field communication [NFC] or radio frequency identification [RFID] modules	H04W12/00	In the scheme	4,970
H04W12/69	Identity-dependent	H04W12/00	In the scheme	4,967
H04W12/0471	Key exchange	H04W12/00	In the scheme	4,962
G06F21/568	Computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangements eliminating virus, restoring damaged files	G06F21/50	In the scheme	4,897
H04L63/0478	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload applying multiple layers of encryption, e.g. nested tunnels or encrypting the content with a first key and then with at least a second key	H04L63/00	In the scheme	4,738
H04W12/65	Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data	H04W12/00	In the scheme	4,673
G06F21/76	Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure computing or processing of information in application-specific integrated circuits [ASIC] or field-programmable devices, e.g. field-programmable gate arrays [FPGA] or programmable logic devices [PLD]	G06F21/70	In the scheme	4,618
H04L63/0464	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload using hop-by-hop encryption, i.e. wherein an intermediate entity decrypts the information and re-encrypts it before forwarding it	H04L63/00	In the scheme	4,589
G06F21/556	Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures involving covert channels, i.e. data leakage between processes	G06F21/50	In the scheme	4,473
H04W12/30	Security of mobile devices; Security of mobile applications	H04W12/00	In the scheme	4,419
H04L63/306	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for supporting lawful interception, monitoring or retaining of communications or communication related information intercepting packet switched data communications, e.g. Web, Internet or IMS communications	H04L63/00	In the scheme	4,409
H04L63/0218	Distributed architectures, e.g. distributed firewalls	H04L63/00	In the scheme	4,373
G06F21/6281	Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database at program execution time, where the protection is within the operating system	G06F21/60	In the scheme	4,304
G06F21/565	Static detection by checking file integrity	G06F21/50	In the scheme	4,290
H04L63/0471	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload applying encryption by an intermediary, e.g. receiving clear information at the intermediary and encrypting the received information at the intermediary before forwarding	H04L63/00	In the scheme	4,272
G06F21/81	Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer by operating on the power supply, e.g. enabling or disabling power-on, sleep or resume operations	G06F21/70	In the scheme	4,213
H04L63/0414	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks wherein the identity of one or more communicating identities is hidden during transmission, i.e. party's identity is protected against eavesdropping, e.g. by using temporary identifiers, but is known to the other party or parties involved in the communication	H04L63/00	In the scheme	4,193
G06F21/755	Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure computing or processing of information by inhibiting the analysis of circuitry or operation with measures against power attack	G06F21/70	In the scheme	4,164
G06F21/6272	Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database by registering files or documents with a third party	G06F21/60	In the scheme	3,865
G06F21/567	Computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangements using dedicated hardware	G06F21/50	In the scheme	3,854
H04W12/75	Temporary identity	H04W12/00	In the scheme	3,837
H04W12/121	Wireless intrusion detection systems [WIDS]; Wireless intrusion prevention systems [WIPS]	H04W12/00	In the scheme	3,660
H04L63/0457	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply dynamic encryption, e.g. stream encryption	H04L63/00	In the scheme	3,644

Match: Direct

The capability is itself a technology or a kind of physical system, and the classification names it. H04L63 has no IPC use; IPC-only patents are reached through H04L9/40, which in IPC also includes authentication. The crosswalk is a first pass that nobody has reviewed.

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