Master security policy server
First Claim
1. At least one non-transitory computer storage medium to store at least one computer program product, the computer program product comprising:
- computer code to create a plurality of security policies at a first policy server;
computer code to maintain the plurality of security policies at the first policy server;
computer code to manage, by a second policy server, security for a plurality of client platforms, each client platform to operate security software that includes anti-virus and firewall software;
the managing to include retrieval, from a master policy server, of one or more of the plurality of security policies created by the first policy server and application of one or more of the plurality of security policies to each of the plurality of client platforms according to hardware platform type;
computer code to provide at least one security statistic about one or more of the plurality of client platforms to the first policy server from the second policy server; and
computer code to derive a global status based on the at least one security statistic.
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Abstract
A master policy server manages security polices for client computers through a network of local policy servers. Each local policy server is responsible for the security policies on a group of clients and maintains a data store containing the security policies and security information pertaining to the clients. Periodically, the master policy server and the local policy server synchronize, at which time the master policy server replicates updated policies to the local policy servers and the local policy servers upload client security statistics to the master policy server for consolidation into a global status.
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22 Claims
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1. At least one non-transitory computer storage medium to store at least one computer program product, the computer program product comprising:
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computer code to create a plurality of security policies at a first policy server; computer code to maintain the plurality of security policies at the first policy server; computer code to manage, by a second policy server, security for a plurality of client platforms, each client platform to operate security software that includes anti-virus and firewall software; the managing to include retrieval, from a master policy server, of one or more of the plurality of security policies created by the first policy server and application of one or more of the plurality of security policies to each of the plurality of client platforms according to hardware platform type; computer code to provide at least one security statistic about one or more of the plurality of client platforms to the first policy server from the second policy server; and computer code to derive a global status based on the at least one security statistic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for managing security policies, the system comprising:
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a first policy computer server, the first policy computer server configured to; create a plurality of security policies; and maintain the plurality of security policies; a second policy computer server, the second policy computer server configured to; manage security for a plurality of client platforms, each client platform to operate security software that includes anti-virus and firewall software; the managing to include retrieval, from a master policy server, of one or more of the plurality of security policies created by the first policy computer server and application of one or more of the plurality of security policies to each of the plurality of client platforms according to hardware platform type; and provide at least one security statistic about one or more of the plurality of client platforms to the first policy computer server; and wherein the first policy computer server is further configured to derive a global status based on the at least one security statistic. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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