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Security vulnerability information aggregation

US8544098B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Christophe Gustave · Aylmer, CA
Stanley Chow · Ottawa, CA
Douglas Wiemer · Ashton, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 2, 2006
Grant date	Sep 24, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 17, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/577
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Security vulnerability information aggregation techniques are disclosed. Vulnerability information associated with one or more security vulnerabilities is obtained from multiple sources and aggregated into respective unified vulnerability definitions for the one or more security vulnerabilities. Aggregation may involve format conversion, content aggregation, or both in some embodiments. Unified vulnerability definitions may be distributed to vulnerability information consumers in accordance with consumer-specific policies. Storage of vulnerability information received from the sources may allow the aggregation process to be performed on existing vulnerability information “retro-actively”. Related data structures and Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) are also disclosed.

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