International Business Machines Corporation

Jerome R Bell, Jr

Heather Maria Hinton

Neil Ian Readshaw

Karthik Sivakumar

Mari F Heiser

The method includes identifying an instance of software installed. The method further includes determining a fingerprint corresponding to the instance of software installed. The method further includes determining a security risk associated with the instance of software installed. The method further includes identifying a software management policy for the instance of software based upon the fingerprint, security risk, and designated purpose of the computing device. In one embodiment, the method further includes in response to identifying the software management policy, enforcing, by one or more computer processors, the software management policy on the instance of software installed on the computing device.

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Hiram, GA, United States of America

Jerome R Bell, Jr