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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ramamurthy Vaidhyanathan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Prabakar Sundarrajan, Saratoga, CA (US);
Janga Aliminati, Sana Clara, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method useful for implementing an enterprise risk and compliance automation engine comprises the step of obtaining an information technology (IT) security policy standard. The method comprises normalizing the IT security policy standard into a machine-readable format. The method comprises templatizing the machine-readable format version of the IT security policy standard. Each template comprises a collection of controls. Each control comprises a statement that describes a condition that a transaction or activity an IT system is required to perform by IT security policy standard; discovering a set of configurations of the IT system. The method comprises comparing the set of configurations of the IT system with the collection of controls of each template. The method comprises generating a validation report that comprises a report of whether the set of configurations of the IT system satisfies the collection of controls of each template.