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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2017
Qualys, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Wolfgang Kandek, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Holger Kruse, San Mateo, CA (US);
Tigran Gevorgyan, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gregor Glawitsch, San Jose, CA (US);
Parminder Singh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kenneth K. Okumura, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Qualys, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed principles describe systems and methods for assessing the security posture of a target device, wherein the assessment is performed by a scanning computer in communication with the target device via a communication network. By employing a system or method in accordance with the disclosed principles, distinct advantages are achieved. Specifically, conducting such a remote scan allows for the scanner computer to perform a remote scan of the remote device without installing client software to the remote device. Thus, the disclosed principles reduce the need for internal IT resources to manage the deployment and updates of client software on the target device. Also, conducting a remote scan according to the disclosed principles allows for the remote scan to be performed even if the scanner computer and remote device run different operating systems.