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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2011
Applicants:

James M. Hugard, Iv, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Alexander Lawrence Leroux, Cypress, CA (US);

Charles Mallabarapu, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);

Jorge Armando Muniz, Costa Mesa, CA (US);

Braden C. Russell, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);

Zengjue Wu, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);

Inventors:

James M. Hugard, IV, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Alexander Lawrence Leroux, Cypress, CA (US);

Charles Mallabarapu, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);

Jorge Armando Muniz, Costa Mesa, CA (US);

Braden C. Russell, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);

Zengjue Wu, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);

Assignee:

McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/577 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01); G06F 11/3051 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method in one embodiment includes modules for creating an asset tag including one or more conditions of an asset on a network, adding the asset tag to an asset report template, and generating an asset report from the asset report template. More specific embodiments include creating the asset tag by generating a query for the one or more conditions. The asset tag may include a second asset tag configured to be updated automatically, and a third asset tag configured to be updated manually, and the second asset tag may be updated automatically when the asset tag is updated. Other embodiments include creating a vulnerability set including a selection of vulnerabilities from a plurality of vulnerabilities, adding the vulnerability set to the asset report template, and scanning a plurality of assets on the network.


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