User evaluation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRichard S. Garraway, Martin J. Hitchman, Richard Postlethwaite, Mark R. Wilson
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Abstract
Improving the integrity of a computer system including a plurality of user accounts by, for each user account, monitoring events on the computer system that are related to the user account, assigning an importance score to the monitored user account that is indicative of the importance of the monitored user account to the integrity of the computer system, the importance score being calculated from the monitored events, and providing the importance score to a system administrator upon the administrator attempting to alter the monitored user account.
Claims20
A method for improving the integrity of a computer system comprising a plurality of user accounts, the method comprising:
- monitoring a plurality of events on the computer system, wherein the monitored events are related to a user account selected from the plurality of user accounts;
- assigning an importance score to the monitored user account that is indicative of the importance of the monitored user account to the integrity of the computer system, the importance score being calculated from the monitored events;
- and
- providing the importance score to a system administrator upon the administrator attempting to alter the monitored user account.
A computer program product stored in a computer readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform actions comprising:
- monitoring a plurality of events on the information handling system, wherein the monitored events are related to a user account selected from a plurality of user accounts;
- assigning an importance score to the monitored user account that is indicative of the importance of the monitored user account to an integrity of the information handling system, the importance score being calculated from the monitored events;
- and
- providing the importance score to a system administrator upon the administrator attempting to alter the monitored user account.
An information handling system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
- and
- a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors, wherein the set of instructions perform actions of:
- monitoring a plurality of events on the information handling system, wherein the monitored events are related to a user account selected from a plurality of user accounts;
- assigning an importance score to the monitored user account that is indicative of the importance of the monitored user account to an integrity of the information handling system, the importance score being calculated from the monitored events;
- and
- providing the importance score to a system administrator upon the administrator attempting to alter the monitored user account.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.