Bank of America Corporation

Boris Gitlin

Elvis Nyamwange

Brian Neal Jacobson

Donna Lee Phillips

Madhukiran Bangalore Ramachandra

Vismay Mandloi

Virtual machine images may be constantly scanned using background process, to identify current and evolving security risks, such as by optimizing the image scanning a last-in, first-out (LIFO) stack to prioritize most relevant images. Older and/or non-relevant image are removed from the scanning process and removed from use. Virtual machines image prioritization is based on each virtual machine image's current and/or potential usage requirement, where the LIFO stack prioritizes the scanning order. Newly created virtual machine images and/or newly re-activated virtual machine images are placed onto a provisioning queue (first-in, first out) before activation. The virtual machine images active within a host computing environment are processed via a reconciliation process to scan for indications of security vulnerabilities and/or threats to network security. Obsolete or otherwise irrelevant virtual machine images are removed from use via a repository synchronization process.

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East Bruswick, NJ, United States of America

Boris Gitlin