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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2005
Salim Chawro, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mark D. Zuber, Duvall, WA (US);
Salim Chawro, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mark D. Zuber, Duvall, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A framework and associated methods for monitoring, reporting, and notifying with respect to security protection levels on a computer. For each security threat, a baseline level of protection is defined. A schema is configured to define fields usable by a security provider to indicate a level of protection provided by the security provider. Using the schema, the fields may be stored in a repository. Each time a security provider changes states with respect to level of protection, the appropriate field or fields in the repository are updated. Consumer applications may read from the repository at any time to obtain information that indicates the level of protection. Applications may be informed when data within the repository changes.