Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Controlled delivery and assessing of security vulnerabilities
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Application No.: US15298282Application Date: 2016-10-20
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Publication No.: US09710656B2Publication Date: 2017-07-18
- Inventor: Margaret M. Bennett , Barbara J. Bryant , William E. Spencer
- 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 Reza Sarbakhsh
- Main IPC: G06F21/10
- IPC: G06F21/10 ; H04L29/04 ; G06F21/57 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
A method for providing security vulnerability information is provided. The method may include checking for the security vulnerability information product supplier servers. The method may further include sending alerts to a security vulnerability administrator associated with a client environment. Additionally, the method may include performing a security check on the security vulnerability administrator to authorize the security vulnerability administrator to receive the security vulnerability information. The method may also include authenticating customers associated with the client environment to authorize the customers to receive the security vulnerability information. The method may further include prompting the authorized security vulnerability administrator to acknowledge an information confidentiality reminder. The method may also include sending an audit record to the product supplier server. The method may further include presenting the security vulnerability information to the authorized security vulnerability administrator and the authorized customers associated with the client environment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170147824A1 CONTROLLED DELIVERY AND ASSESSING OF SECURITY VULNERABILITIES Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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