Risk scoring based on compliance verification test results in a local network

A server system in a computer network that has a plurality of nodes, wherein the plurality of nodes forms a linearly ordered communication orbit, each node of the plurality of nodes comprises a computational machine and has a respective defined location in the linearly ordered communication orbit, the server system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing one or more programs, the one or more programs including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors cause the server system to perform operations including:
• transmitting, via the linearly ordered communication orbit, one or more requests to a plurality of recipient nodes in a first subset of the plurality of nodes;
• wherein the one or more requests cause the computational machine at each recipient node of the plurality of recipient nodes to:
• locally evaluate a set of local environment verification tests to produce test results for the computational machine at the recipient node;
• and
• locally map the test results into risk scores for the computational machine at the recipient node;
• transmitting, via the linearly ordered communication orbit, one or more queries to the plurality of recipient nodes;
• receiving in response to the one or more queries, via the linearly ordered communication orbit, from the plurality of recipient nodes, test results and risk scores locally generated by and sent by the computational machines at the plurality of recipient nodes in response to the one or queries;
• and
• identifying, based on the received test results and risk scores, computational machines and/or control categories having risk scores satisfying predefined criteria.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having one or more programs stored thereon, the one or more programs including instructions that, when executed by a server system of a computer network that has a plurality of nodes, wherein the plurality of nodes forms a linearly ordered communication orbit, each node of the plurality of nodes comprises a computational machine and has a defined location in a linearly ordered communication orbit, cause the server system to perform operations including:transmitting, via the linearly ordered communication orbit, a set of local environment verification tests, to the computational machines at a first subset of the plurality of nodes;

• transmitting, via the linearly ordered communication orbit, one or more requests to a plurality of recipient nodes in a first subset of the plurality of nodes;
• wherein the one or more requests cause the computational machine at each recipient node of the plurality of recipient nodes to:
• locally evaluate a set of local environment verification tests to produce test results for the computational machine at the recipient node;
• and
• locally map the test results into risk scores for the computational machine at the recipient node;
• transmitting, via the linearly ordered communication orbit, one or more queries to the plurality of recipient nodes;
• receiving in response to the one or more queries, via the linearly ordered communication orbit, from the plurality of recipient nodes, test results and risk scores locally generated by and sent by the computational machines at the plurality of recipient nodes in response to the one or queries;
• and
• identifying, based on the received test results and risk scores, computational machines and/or control categories having risk scores satisfying predefined criteria.