Reporting and management of computer systems and data sources

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9015792-B2
Application number	US-201213479184-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2012
Priority date	May 23, 2012
Publication date	Apr 21, 2015
Grant date	Apr 21, 2015

Abstract

A system and method are provided for managing data, such as for example security or other business data. For the example of security data, security data is received from a plurality of assets that may or may not be remotely located. A plurality of security metrics are computed and normalized according to thresholds. Security metrics are aggregated to generate an aggregate score, this may include weighting the metrics according to metric priorities. A change effort corresponding to each metric is also received and a corresponding change effort for the aggregate score is calculated. Aggregate scores and aggregate change efforts are analyzed to generate risk reduction recommendations. Upon instruction, metrics corresponding to an aggregate score may be displayed including recommendations of metrics for risk reduction. The recommended metrics may be selected according to analysis of change-to-effort ratios for the metrics.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for managing remote facilities comprising:
receiving, by a global server, security data from a plurality of assets;
for each asset of the plurality of assets:
computing, by the global server, a plurality of security metrics;
receiving, for each security metric, a change effort estimate corresponding to effort required to bring the security metric to a corresponding threshold;
aggregating the security metrics to generate an aggregate sco…

Assignees

• Serrano Miguel Saiz
• Runge Terence
• Wal Mart Stores Inc

Inventors

• Serrano Miguel Saiz
• Runge Terence

Classifications

• G06F17/18

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F21/577 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F21/00 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic