System, computer program product and method of correlating safety solutions with business climate

• US 20070168204A1
• Filed: 01/18/2006
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Twitter Inc (X Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dawson, Christopher, Schneider, Simon
• Granted Patent: US 7,725,325 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0635 Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A system, computer program product and method of correlating safety solutions implemented in a facility with the facility'"'"'s business climate are provided. The system, computer program product and method are used for designing safety solutions for a facility. While doing so, a user such as a security consultant, may derive a plurality of variables from the safety solutions. The variables are used to calculate a business climate index and a safety level from which a value for a safety/climate coefficient may be calculated. The value of the coefficient indicates whether the threat level is greater than the security level, or whether the security solutions are adequate or too intrusive.

Claims

1. A method of correlating safety solutions implemented in a facility with the facility'"'"'s business climate comprising the steps of:

designing the safety solutions; and

calculating a value of a coefficient, the coefficient being related to both the safety solutions and the business climate of the facility.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein a plurality of variables are derived from the safety solutions, the derived variables are evaluated and used to compute a business climate index and a safety level, the coefficient being inversely proportional to the business climate index and directly proportional to the safety level.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the plurality of variables include a security level, a threat level and an intrusion level as perceived by a user, the safety level being calculated from the security level and the threat level and the business climate index being calculated from the security level and the intrusion level.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein if the coefficient is negative then the threat level is higher than the security level.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein if the coefficient is positive and less than one, the business climate index is higher than the security level indicating that additional security solutions may be implemented.

6. The method of claim 3 wherein if the coefficient is positive and greater than one, the business climate index is less than the security level indicating that the security solutions are too intrusive.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein if the security solutions are too intrusive, the security solutions may be changed to be less intrusive.

8. A computer program product on a computer readable medium for correlating safety solutions implemented in a facility with the facility'"'"'s business climate comprising:

code means for designing the safety solutions; and

code means for calculating a value of a coefficient, the coefficient being related to both the safety solutions and the business climate of the facility.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein a plurality of variables are derived from the safety solutions, the derived variables are evaluated and used to compute a business climate index and a safety level, the coefficient being inversely proportional to the business climate index and directly proportional to the safety level.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the plurality of variables include a security level, a threat level and an intrusion level as perceived by a user, the safety level being calculated from the security level and the threat level and the business climate index being calculated from the security level and the intrusion level.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein if the coefficient is negative then the threat level is higher, than the security level.

12. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein if the coefficient is positive and less than one, the business climate index is higher than the security level indicating that additional security solutions may be implemented.

13. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein if the coefficient is positive and greater than one, the business climate index is less than the security level indicating that the security solutions are too intrusive.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein if the security solutions are too intrusive, the security solutions may be changed to be less intrusive.

15. A computer system for correlating safety solutions implemented in a facility with the facility'"'"'s business climate comprising:

at least one storage device for storing code data; and

at least one processor for processing the code data to design the safety solutions, and to calculate a value of a coefficient, the coefficient being related to both the safety solutions and the business climate of the facility.

16. The computer system of claim 15 wherein a plurality of variables are derived from the safety solutions, the derived variables are evaluated and used to compute a business climate index and a safety level, the coefficient being inversely proportional to the business climate index and directly proportional to the safety level.

17. The computer system of claim 16 wherein the plurality of variables include a security level, a threat level and an intrusion level as perceived by a user, the safety level being calculated from the security level and the threat level and the business climate index being calculated from the security level and the intrusion level.

18. The computer system of claim 17 wherein if the coefficient is negative then the threat level is higher than the security level.

19. The computer system of claim 17 wherein if the coefficient is positive and less than one, the business climate index is higher than the security level indicating that additional security solutions may be implemented.

20. The computer system of claim 17 wherein if the coefficient is positive and greater than one, the business climate index is less than the security level indicating that the security solutions are too intrusive.