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THREAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

  • US 20110239303A1
  • Filed: 09/23/2008
  • Published: 09/29/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of automating network threat responses, the method comprising:

  • identifying, through a processing device, types of assets in a hosting area network susceptible to network attack, the assets comprising physical computing resources that are dynamically partitioned into virtual networks of different customers;

    assigning an asset value to each of said types of assets for a plurality of customers based on a combination of customer specific and common valuation data;

    identifying types of threats of network attack;

    assigning a threat value to each of said types of threats for the plurality of customers based on the combination of customer specific and common valuation data; and

    determining, through the processing device, for each of a plurality of customers, for at least some combinations of one of the types of assets and one of the types of threats, which of said combinations merits a threat response.

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