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Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2014
Applicant:

Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Bhavna Agrawal, Armonk, NY (US);

Daniel M. Coffman, Bethel, CT (US);

Frank A. Schaffa, Hartsdale, NY (US);

Robert M. Delmonico, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Assignee:

GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract

For each of a plurality of endpoints of an information technology system having a plurality of security policies, a probability of being safe of each of said endpoints is determined according to each of said security policies. Said determining takes into account probability of security compromise for a single violation of each given one of said security policies. A risk-aware compliance metric is determined for said information technology system based on each of said probabilities of being safe for each of said endpoints and each of said policies. At least one of an operation and a remediation is carried out on said information technology system based on said risk-aware compliance metric. Techniques for optimizing risk-aware compliance are also provided.


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