Method to convey an application's development environment characteristics to the hosting provider to facilitate selection of hosting environment or the selection of an optimized production operation of the application
US9645806B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3668
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for deploying a software application to a hosting environment that considers the development environment, and bases any decision on data about the development environment to make a selection of hosting environment and/or operational attributes. The system and methods determines and attaches metadata describing the development environment to an application, then uses that metadata to select a deployment model, and to select an operational model. The method assigns a security risk score to a developed application which may be hosted in a virtual hosting environment or a physical hosting environment. The system and method considers security issues in its scoring and focuses on the security risk associated with an application that would be deployed. The method steps convey the application attributes, such as complexity, robustness, likelihood of operational issued, likelihood of compromise, etc. to the deployment and operating entities.
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