IP Library Granted Patent US 10,587,644
Granted Patent B1
US 10,587,644 · App. 15/836,791 · Granted Mar 10, 2020

Monitoring and managing credential and application threat mitigations in a computer system

Inventors: Ryan G. Stolte (New York, NY); Firas S. Rifai (San Francisco, CA); Humphrey Christian (Oakland, CA); Joseph Anthony DeRobertis (Altadena, CA); Shmuel Yehonatan Green (New York, NY)
Assignee: CA, Inc.
H04L63/1433H04L63/20
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Patent No.
US 10,587,644
App. No.
15/836,791
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method of monitoring tasks for reducing security risks in a computer system comprising a plurality of computers executing a plurality of applications is provided. The method based on a set of login information, displays a set of risks for a set of applications that execute on the plurality of computers and an identification of a person in a hierarchy supervised by the logged-in person assigned to mitigate each risk. The method also displays the current status of each assigned mitigation.

Claims (26)

1. A method of monitoring tasks for reducing security risks in a computer system comprising a plurality of computers executing a plurality of applications, the method comprising:

based on a set of login information, displaying (i) a set of risks for a set of applications executing on the plurality of computers and (ii) for each risk, an identification of a person assigned to mitigate the risk, wherein the assigned person is in a hierarchy of persons comprising a first person associated with the set of login information and at least one second person supervised by the first person; and

displaying a current status of each risk that a person in the hierarchy is assigned to mitigate,

wherein the set of risks comprises (i) a first set of credential threat risks for a first set of applications, the credential threat risks mitigated by revising credentials of one or more users accessing the applications, and (ii) a second set of application threat risks for a second set of applications, at least a subset of the application threat risks identified by a lack of one or more security measures to prevent unauthorized exploits of the applications.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying, based on a selection by the logged-in person of a user interface control, a subset of the set of risks and a current status of each risk in the subset of risks.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the subset of risks are risks in the set of risks that the logged-in person is personally assigned to mitigate.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the current status of a particular risk comprises one of (i) resolved, (ii) in progress, and (iii) not started.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a reassignment of a mitigation for a particular risk to a different person in the hierarchy based on the current status of the particular risk.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a reassignment of a mitigation for a particular risk to a different person in the hierarchy based on the current status of one or more other risks.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the set of risks comprises displaying, for each risk, a first detection and a last detection of the risk.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the set of risks comprises identifying, for each risk, a location where an application associated with the risk is executed.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the set of risks comprises identifying, for each risk, an identification of an organizational unit utilizing an application associated with the risk.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least a second subset of the application threat risks are identified based on a current configuration of the application.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least a second subset of the application threat risks are identified based on a current configuration of a computer executing the application.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein a particular application is in both the first set of applications and the second set of applications.

13. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program for monitoring tasks for reducing security risks in a computer system comprising a plurality of computers executing a plurality of applications, the program executable by at least one processing unit, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

displaying, based on a set of login information, (i) a set of risks for a set of applications executing on the plurality of computers and (ii) for each risk, an identification of a person assigned to mitigate the risk, wherein the assigned person is in a hierarchy of persons comprising a first person associated with the set of login information and at least one second person supervised by the first person; and

displaying a current status of each risk that a person in the hierarchy is assigned to mitigate,

wherein the set of risks comprises (i) a first set of credential threat risks for a first set of applications, the credential-threat risks mitigated by revising credentials of one or more users accessing the applications, and (ii) a second set of application threat risks for a second set of applications, at least a subset of the application threat risks identified by a lack of one or more security measures to prevent unauthorized exploits of the applications.

14. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for displaying, based on a selection by the logged-in person of a user interface control, a subset of the set of risks and a current status of each risk in the subset of risks.

15. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the subset of risks are risks in the set of risks that the logged-in person is personally assigned to mitigate.

16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the current status of a particular risk comprises one of (i) resolved, (ii) in progress, and (iii) not started.

17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for receiving a reassignment of a mitigation for a particular risk to a different person in the hierarchy based on the current status of the particular risk.

18. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for receiving a reassignment of a mitigation for a particular risk to a different person in the hierarchy based on the current status of one or more other risks.

19. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the set of instructions for displaying the risks comprises a set of instructions for displaying, for each risk, a first detection and a last detection of the risk.

20. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the set of instructions for displaying the risks comprises a set of instructions for displaying, for each risk, at least one of (i) a location where an application associated with the risk is executed and (ii) an identification of an organizational unit utilizing an application associated with the risk.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jan 24, 2020
From: BAY DYNAMICS, INC.
To: CA, INC.
Reel/Frame 051693/0111 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2018
From: STOLTE, RYAN G.; RIFAI, FIRAS S.; CHRISTIAN, HUMPHREY; DEROBERTIS, JOSEPH ANTHONY; GREEN, SHMUEL YEHONATAN
To: BAY DYNAMICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 046994/0932 →
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