Selecting security offerings
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsVladimir Holostov, Yigal Edery, David B. Cross
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for selecting a set of security offerings. A particular method includes receiving a security need profile associated with a computing environment and receiving security offering information related to a plurality of security offerings. The security offerings of the plurality of security offerings are evaluated with respect to the security need profile. A set of security offerings from the plurality of security offerings are automatically selected.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving a security need profile associated with a computing environment;
- receiving security offering information related to a plurality of security offerings;
- automatically evaluating security offerings of the plurality of security offerings with respect to the security need profile;
- and
- automatically selecting a set of security offerings from the plurality of security offerings.
A system, comprising:
- a user or program interface configured to receive a security need profile associated with a computing environment;
- a network interface;
- and
- an evaluation and acquisition module coupled to the network interface, the evaluation and acquisition module configured to:
- receive a list of security offerings;
- receive evaluation data related to each security offering in the list of security offerings;
- compare each security offering in the list of security offerings to the security need profile to determine a match level;
- and
- automatically select a first security offering from the list of security offerings based on the match level.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- receive a security need profile associated with a computing environment;
- receive a list of security offerings;
- receive evaluation data related to each security offering in the list of security offerings;
- compare each security offering in the list of security offerings to the security need profile to determine a match level;
- and
- automatically select a set of security offerings from the list of security offerings based on the match level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.