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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2008
David Salim Hindawi, Berkeley, CA (US);
David Leigh Donoho, Stanford, CA (US);
Lisa Ellen Lippincott, Berkeley, CA (US);
Dennis Sidney Goodrow, Emeryville, CA (US);
James Milton Brown, Novato, CA (US);
Peter James Lincroft, Albany, CA (US);
Peter Benjamin Loer, Berkeley, CA (US);
Orion Yosef Hindawi, Berkeley, CA (US);
David Salim Hindawi, Berkeley, CA (US);
David Leigh Donoho, Stanford, CA (US);
Lisa Ellen Lippincott, Berkeley, CA (US);
Dennis Sidney Goodrow, Emeryville, CA (US);
James Milton Brown, Novato, CA (US);
Peter James Lincroft, Albany, CA (US);
Peter Benjamin Loer, Berkeley, CA (US);
Orion Yosef Hindawi, Berkeley, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A console for an enterprise suite is disclosed. The enterprise suite addresses the increasingly complex problem of keeping critical systems updated, compatible, and free of security holes. It uses Fixlet® technology to identify vulnerable computers on the network and then allows authorized personnel to correct problems across any subset of the network with a few simple mouse-clicks. The enterprise suite helps keep the networked computers updated and properly patched, all from a central console which, along with supporting architectural enhancements, is the subject matter of this document. The invention allows rolling out a security patch in minutes instead of months, thus allowing an administrator to stay ahead of potential hacker attacks. The invention also makes it possible to track the progress of each computer as updates are applied, thus making it simple to gauge the level of compliance across the entire enterprise.