Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Managing software deployment
- Patent Title (中): 管理软件部署
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Application No.: US15186940Application Date: 2016-06-20
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Publication No.: US09542539B2Publication Date: 2017-01-10
- Inventor: Jerome R. Bell, Jr. , Mari F. Heiser , Heather M. Hinton , Neil I. Readshaw , Karthik Sivakumar
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Christopher McLane; Daniel R. Simek
- Main IPC: G06F21/54
- IPC: G06F21/54 ; G06F21/12 ; G06F9/445 ; G06F21/14 ; G06F21/57

Abstract:
The method includes identifying an instance of software installed. The method further includes determining a fingerprint corresponding to the instance of software installed. The method further includes determining a security risk associated with the instance of software installed. The method further includes identifying a software management policy for the instance of software based upon the fingerprint, security risk, and designated purpose of the computing device. In one embodiment, the method further includes in response to identifying the software management policy, enforcing, by one or more computer processors, the software management policy on the instance of software installed on the computing device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160292401A1 MANAGING SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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