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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2006
Joe B. Boyle, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Wittenberg, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Yves Perrenoud, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy D. Keanini, Austin, TX (US);
Joe B. Boyle, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Wittenberg, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Yves Perrenoud, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy D. Keanini, Austin, TX (US);
Tripwire, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Abstract
An enterprise network includes hosts running services. Some of the services have security vulnerabilities. There are one or more threat zones associated with the network. For example, a firewall may create two threat zones, one internal to the firewall and one external to it. A device profiler in the first threat zone profiles the hosts on the network and identifies the vulnerabilities that are present. A device profiler in the second threat zone determines which of the identified vulnerabilities are accessible from its zone. A risk module calculates the risk associated with a vulnerability based on the vulnerability's severity, threat level metrics for the threat zones, and an asset value of the host with the vulnerability. A reporting module prioritizes the vulnerabilities based on their risks.