Martin Dawson, Chief Technology Officer

Martin Dawson

Martin Dawson is the creator of Webcloak®. He has software development experience that spans over 30 years and includes the creation of the first Internet interactive streaming media products, LearnFlow and Xstream Media. Mr. Dawson also created the first practical audio delivery technology that enabled streaming audio and the viewing of rich multi-media content over the Internet. He has pioneered the technologies for delivering automated software updates over the Internet and for delivering interactive media to web browsers - years before Flash and Shockwave.

Mr. Dawson has designed and developed proprietary software for companies such as Microsoft, Intel and Citrix. Additionally, software created by Mr. Dawson has been part of a tool set pre-installed on Dell, Micron and Gateway computers.

In the early years of the Web, Mr. Dawson developed a software system that facilitated the delivery of encrypted applications and application data from a server to a client machine, putting him at the vanguard of distributed and SaaS (software as a service) computing. This technology predated Sun Microsystem's Java and Microsoft's .NET technologies by years.

While developing EACapture, a program that captures applications' user interface and user interactions, Mr. Dawson created software with the ability to attach to a running application and "scrape" or "extract" its input screens and data as well as mouse moves, clicks and keystrokes. Unfortunately, this technology later found its way into many viruses.

Martin Dawson designed and managed the development of the "LearnFlow" Internet delivery system and "Learn It Online" products for Ziff-Davis Education. According to Eric Hippeau, chairman and CEO of Ziff-Davis Inc, Mr. Dawson's technology is attributed with the eventual sale of the company for $172 million to the investment bank Wasserstein Perella Group Inc.

As Vice President of Software Development and one of the founders of Knowledge Quest, an early mover in Internet technology training, Mr. Dawson oversaw the development of all software and technology training content. While developing such software products as QuickStudy, Expert Author, Snap and Snap2007, he managed a team of over 30 programmers, writers and editors as well as all outside vendors.

These early experiences gave Mr. Dawson a unique insight into software and system vulnerabilities.

Noteworthy Projects:

Commercial Products

Web Development

Other Development

Patents Assigned to WEBCLOAK, LLC

Metamorphic storage of passcodes
Patent number: 10922292
Abstract: Systems and methods for securing sensitive data are presented. The system includes a database that stores multiple data storage schemes, each of which denotes at least one location for storing at least a portion of the sensitive data within a data block object. The system further includes a security controller module comprising a processor and software instructions. When executed by the processor, the processor (a) instantiates a data block object for storing the sensitive data and (b) selects a data storage scheme. Then the processor stores the sensitive data within the data block object according to the data storage scheme. The processor also can provide access to the data block object. After allowing an access, the processor automatically selects another data storage scheme, and morphs the data block object by storing the sensitive data within the data block object according to the newly selected data storage scheme.
Type: Grant
Filed: March 15, 2016
Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
Assignee: Webcloak, LLC
Inventor: Martin Dawson

Safechannel encrypted messaging system
Patent number: 10230693
Abstract: Portable, hand-held electronic devices for and methods to enabling a user to interact with a native operating system (OS) running on a host device and a virtual machine running on top of the native OS are presented. The host device includes a processor to communicate with an application having a target network address. The devices includes an onboard database that stores user credential information and a portable encryption and authentication service module (PPEASM) that allows to make a secure communication channel with the host device. The PPEASM configures the processor to negotiate authentication of the user with an application running on top of the native OS utilizing the user credential information, render an application running on top of the virtual machine, and pass data between the application running on top of the virtual machine and a second application running on top of the native OS.
Type: Grant
Filed: January 29, 2016
Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
Assignee: WEBCLOAK, LLC
Inventor: Martin Dawson

Portable encryption and authentication service module
Patent number: 10171427
Abstract: Portable, hand-held electronic devices and methods to allow a user to anonymously utilize a host device are presented. The host device includes a processor to communicate with an application having a target network address. The portable, hand-held electronic devices includes an onboard database that stores user credential information and a portable encryption and authentication service module (PPEASM) that allows to make a secure communication channel with the host device. The PPEASM configures the processor of the host device to instantiate a virtual machine and render an encrypted messaging interface for communicating between the virtual machine and the application in the host device. Then, PPEASM can also configure the processor to negotiate authentication of the user with the application by utilizing the user credential information and information received through the encrypted messaging interface.
Type: Grant
Filed: January 29, 2016
Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
Assignee: WEBCLOAK, LLC
Inventor: Martin Dawson