Vulnerability assessment of disk images
US7437764B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 14, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/034
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Images are used to safeguarding machines by assessing vulnerabilities in the image. Where assessing vulnerabilities includes both detection and repair, vulnerabilities are detected, a security definition/update is determined for use in repairing the vulnerability, which may include elimination, patching, fixing, writing data to a file or file system associated with the image, or modifying configuration settings. The security definition/update is tested to determine whether to implement the definition and, if test criteria are successfully passed, to permit a system application of the image such as a system restoration following a catastrophic system failure (i.e., disk or drive crash, reboot, etc.).
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