Nicolas John Hammond

US Patent:

7770225, Aug 3, 2010

Filed:

Feb 15, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/032512

Inventors:

Nicolas J. Hammond - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/30
G06F 12/14
H04L 9/32
H04L 9/00
G06F 9/46

US Classification:

726 25, 713188, 718100

Abstract:

In an apparatus for auditing security of a computer system, at least one secure application server is in communication with a global computer network. The secure application server is programmed to receive selectively security audit instruction data from a remote computer system via the global computer network. A plurality of scanning machines each are in communication with the global computer network and are programmed to execute selectively a security audit scan of the remote computer system via the global computer network. A central computer, having a memory, is configured as a database server and as a scheduler. The central computer is in communication with the secure application server and the scanning machine. The central computer is programmed to perform the following operations: evaluate a database to determine if a security audit scan is currently scheduled to be run for a user; determine which of the plurality of scanning machines is available to perform a security audit scan; copy scan-related information into a scanning machine determined to be available and instruct the scanning machine to begin scan; and record the results of the scan in the memory.

US Patent:

7346929, Mar 18, 2008

Filed:

Jun 13, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/592404

Inventors:

Nicolas J. Hammond - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/30
G06F 12/14
H04L 9/32
H04L 9/00
G06F 9/46

US Classification:

726 25, 713188, 718100

Abstract:

In an apparatus for auditing security of a computer system, at least one secure application server is in communication with a global computer network. The secure application server is programmed to receive selectively security audit instruction data from a remote computer system via the global computer network. A plurality of scanning machines each are in communication with the global computer network and are programmed to execute selectively a security audit scan of the remote computer system via the global computer network. A central computer, having a memory, is configured as a database server and as a scheduler. The central computer is in communication with the secure application server and the scanning machine. The central computer is programmed to perform the following operations: evaluate a database to determine if a security audit scan is currently scheduled to be run for a user; determine which of the plurality of scanning machines is available to perform a security audit scan; copy scan-related information into a scanning machine determined to be available and instruct the scanning machine to begin scan; and record the results of the scan in the memory.