Management of computer security events across distributed...

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2003-06-06

2011-12-27

Lemma, Samson (Department: 2432)

Information security

Monitoring or scanning of software or data including attack...

Vulnerability assessment

C726S001000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08087087

ABSTRACT:
A computer receives a system event initiated by an initiating client associated with a user. The system event comprises a plurality of data elements associated with respective ones of a plurality of system event attributes. It is determined that the system event fails to conform to the security policy. A greatest of a plurality of significance factors assigned to a plurality of data groups that are associated with the plurality of data elements of the system event is determined. If the system event does not match a special attention rule, the greatest of the plurality of significance factors is assigned to the system event as a severity level. If the system event matches the special attentions rule, then a greater of the greatest of the plurality of significance factors and the pre-assigned severity level is assigned to the system event as a severity level.

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