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Reducing cybersecurity risk level of a portfolio of companies using a cybersecurity risk multiplier

  • US 10,438,155 B2
  • Filed: 01/10/2019
  • Issued: 10/08/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An interactive tool improves for improving a cybersecurity risk level of a portfolio of companies, the interactive tool comprising:

  • a memory; and

    one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory, where the one or more processors are configured to;

    identify;

    at least one company that experienced a cybersecurity risk event during a certain time period;

    at least one attribute common to the at least one identified company that experienced the cybersecurity risk event and a plurality of companies in the portfolio of companies, anda degree of mutuality of the at least one attributes;

    determine a probability that another cybersecurity risk event will occur with respect to the plurality of companies in the portfolio of companies, where the probability depends on;

    the number of identified common attributes, anddegrees of mutuality of the number of identified attributes;

    generate, from the determined probability, a cybersecurity risk multiplier for the portfolio of companies;

    generate a refined cybersecurity risk level that is a function of an initial cybersecurity risk level and the cybersecurity risk multiplier;

    display, to a user;

    the refined cybersecurity risk level for the portfolio of companies; and

    execute at least one action to improve the refined cybersecurity risk level in response to a user selection.

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