Plan of action and milestones (POAandM) automated generation engine (PAGE) system and related methods

A method of operating a system for generating enabling generation of one or more user customizable plan of action and milestones (POA&M) outputs comprising:

• providing a first system comprising a plurality of target systems each comprising a target system storage medium storing a plurality of target system machine readable instructions comprising application programs and a code, security, and vulnerability scan software system that includes machine readable instructions for producing a code, security, and vulnerability scan software system output based on a predetermined comparison data files;
• operating the code, security, and vulnerability scan software system to produce the code, security, and vulnerability scan software system output;
• providing a second system coupled with the network, the second system comprising display, a processor, and a second system machine readable storage medium that stores a plurality of second system machine readable non-transitory instructions readable by the processor, wherein the plurality of second system machine readable instructions comprises:
• a first plurality of machine readable instructions comprising an initialize user interface module that selectively directs the second system's processor to generate a first plurality of data structures comprising a settings list data structure, a header list data structure, and a results list data structure;
• a second plurality of machine readable instructions comprising a ReadScans module that selectively receives the code, security, and vulnerability scan software system output then creates a plurality of result object data structures and result list data structure;
• a third plurality of machine readable instructions comprising an UpdatePOAM module which selectively creates a results list based on user selection of an existing POA&M data file and outputs an initial results list with existing POA&M file elements from the existing POA&M which is then copied into an updated results list data structure;
• a fourth plurality of machine readable instructions comprising a CreatePOAM module which comprises a ReadSettings module that receives the settings list data structure and outputs a modified settings list with user selected values associated with POA&M parsing and generation, a ReadHeader module that receives the header list data structure and outputs a modified header list with user input header data, and a LoadScans module which receives the results list data structure and outputs a modified results list data structure;
• a fifth plurality of machine readable instructions comprising an ApplySettings module which receives the modified settings list data structure and the modified results list data structure and generates a filtered results list data structure;
• a sixth plurality of machine readable instructions comprising a WritePOAM module which receives the filtered results list data structure and the modified header list data structure and generates a first plurality of POA&M outputs into a runtime tool module which access a runtime library for reformatting the first plurality of POA&M outputs into a data manipulation and viewing software system which in turn outputs a second plurality of POA&M outputs into the data manipulation and viewing software system in a pre-specified data format;
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• a seventh plurality of machine readable instructions comprising a graphical user interface (GUI) that generates user interfaces on the display to enable input of the user settings and header settings
• providing a network system coupling the first system and the second system so as to enable data and machine instructions to pass between elements of the first and second systems;
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• operating the plurality of second system machine readable instructions.