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System and method for evaluating and enhancing the security level of a network system

  • US 10,116,682 B2
  • Filed: 06/01/2017
  • Issued: 10/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for evaluating a security level of a network system, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:

  • identifying a plurality of security elements of the network system;

    determining a security architecture of the network system based on the identified plurality of security elements;

    wherein determining the security architecture includes implementing a security model that identifies a plurality of pre-determined relationships as between individual security elements in the plurality of security elements, in connection with possible types of threats to the network system and one or more types of assets that can be exposed as a result of a breach;

    evaluating the security architecture to determine an evaluation for the network system, the evaluation identifying a monetary value for a risk to the security network as a result of one or more security elements being breached;

    determining a set of recommendations based at least in part on the evaluation, each recommendation in the set of recommendations identifying a new component to add to the security network to improve the evaluation of the security architecture;

    wherein determining the set of recommendations includes determining the new component based at least in part on both the cost for implementing the new component on the network system as compared to the monetary value for the breach if the new component is not implemented; and

    outputting the evaluation to a user, wherein the output includes the determined set of recommendations.

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