"More Than 2,000 Cybersecurity Patent Applications Filed Since 2010"

There has been a surge in cybersecurity-related patent applications over the past decade, with US companies filing the most. IS Decisions, a French software company, estimates that around 2,270 patents pertaining to cybersecurity have been filed since the turn of the century. About 97 percent of cybersecurity-related patents have been filed since 2010, which is a year in which there was a significant increase in global cyberattacks. Stuxnet, the destructive computer worm that impacted Iran's nuclear weapons program, launched a decade of high-profile cyber incidents, including the Sony Pictures hack by North Korea's Lazarus Group and the Silk Road dark web drug market takedown. Countries have been competing to find new ways to prevent cyberattacks in the face of growing threats, and data shows that there are clear winners in regard to the offices getting the most cybersecurity patent filings. The US Patent and Trademark Office is in the lead, with 1,087  cybersecurity-related patent applications filed between 2000 and 2022. With roughly 1.1 million cybersecurity professionals, the US has the largest cybersecurity workforce in the world. Therefore, it is not surprising that it is the leader in cyber advancements, according to researchers. Five of the top ten most prolific cybersecurity patent applicants are American companies, including IBM, Boeing, Microsoft, Honeywell, and Qomplx. This article continues to discuss findings regarding the increase in cybersecurity-related patent applications. 

The Record reports "More Than 2,000 Cybersecurity Patent Applications Filed Since 2010"