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Network security visualization methods, apparatus and graphical user interfaces

  • US 7,890,869 B1
  • Filed: 06/12/2007
  • Issued: 02/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for a computer system including a display comprising:

  • determining a plurality of security metrics associated with a plurality of servers within a network;

    displaying a tree map on the display representing at least a portion of the network;

    wherein the tree map comprises a plurality of shapes associated with servers from the plurality of servers;

    wherein a size of shapes in the plurality of shapes are determined in response to a first security metric from the plurality of security metric associated with the servers;

    wherein an appearance of the shapes is determined in response to a second security metric from the plurality of security metrics associated with the server; and

    wherein the first security metric is selected from a group consisting of;

    a business value associated with a server location, certainty of a vulnerability, severity of a vulnerability, freshness of a vulnerability, market share of components, difficulty of vulnerability, mitigation priority, risk, and exploitability.

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