International Business Machines Corporation

William A Lemke

Gregory J Boss

Rhonda L Childress

Kevin Charles Mcconnell

Jeffrey D Schaefer

William H Blake

Neil Ian Readshaw

Naga A Ayachitula

Rajeev Puri

A user authentication tool continuously authenticates the user of a computing device during an electronic communication session. A trusted user profile includes keypad pressure applied by the trusted user when depressing characters on a virtual keypad displayed on the computing device touch screen. Keypad pressure applied by the current user of the computing device is continually monitored during the current electronic communication session. The monitored keypad pressure applied by the current user is compared to the keypad pressure in the trusted user profile. A confidence score is generated based upon the compared keypad pressures of the current user and the trusted user, the confidence score being indicative of the likelihood that the current user is the trusted user of the computing device. The computing device is automatically required to re-authenticate the current user as the trusted user if the generated confidence score is below a predefined minimum confidence threshold.

Continuous user authentication tool for mobile device communications

A remote security access procedure for granting access to a wirelessly controlled lock may include one of receiving an address location at a server to setup a temporary access, receiving a security question at the server required to be answered prior to the temporary access being granted, receiving a time window at the server for the temporary access to be granted, encrypting via the server an access credential comprising the address location, the security question and the time window, and transmitting from the server the encrypted access credential to a guest device.

Providing wireless access to a secure lock based on various security data

A user authentication tool continuously authenticates the user of a mobile device during an electronic communication session. A trusted user profile includes keypad pressure applied by the trusted user when depressing characters on a virtual keypad displayed on the mobile device touch screen. Keypad pressure applied by the current user of the mobile device is continually monitored during the current electronic communication session. The monitored keypad pressure applied by the current user is compared to the keypad pressure in the trusted user profile. A confidence score is generated based upon the compared keypad pressures of the current user and the trusted user, the confidence score being indicative of the likelihood that the current user is the trusted user of the mobile device. The mobile device is automatically required to re-authenticate the current user as the trusted user if the generated confidence score is below a predefined minimum confidence threshold.

A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computer system for implementing coordinated management of network security controls. The computer system determines a plurality of managed network devices affected by coordinated security policies in a network. The computer system converts the coordinated security policies to firewall rule configuration for each of the managed network devices affected. The computer system adds the firewall rule configuration to a set of firewall rules for the each of the managed network devices affected.

Coordinated network security management

A computer hardware-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product manages software patches. A computer monitoring hardware system receives a notification of a new release of a software patch. The computer monitoring hardware system scores a security posture of a monitored computer system to generate a security posture value based on a set of computer system parameters for the monitored computer system. In response to patch control logic within the computer monitoring hardware system determining that the monitored computer system is authorized to install the software patch and that the security posture value exceeds the predetermined value, the computer monitoring hardware system retrieves and installs the software patch in the monitored computer system.

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William A Lemke