Method and system for detecting irregularities and vulnerabilities in dedicated hosting environments

A system for detecting irregularities and vulnerabilities in dedicated hosting environments comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory having stored therein instructions which when executed by any set of the one or more processors, perform a process for detecting irregularities and vulnerabilities in dedicated hosting environments, the process for detecting irregularities and vulnerabilities in dedicated hosting environments including:
• providing a dedicated hosting environment;
• defining one or more required virtual asset characteristics that are required to be associated with all virtual assets deployed in the dedicated hosting environment;
• providing each virtual asset deployed in the dedicated hosting environment required virtual asset characteristic certification data indicating that the virtual asset includes the one or more required virtual asset characteristics;
• providing a virtual asset monitoring system capable of obtaining and/or reading the required virtual asset characteristic certification data;
• using the virtual asset monitoring system to monitor each virtual asset deployed in the dedicated hosting environment to ensure that each virtual asset in the dedicated hosting environment includes the required virtual asset characteristic certification data;
• and
• if a non-compliant virtual asset is identified in the dedicated hosting environment, alerting one or more entities of the non-compliant virtual asset.

A system for detecting irregularities and vulnerabilities in dedicated hosting environments comprising:

• a dedicated hosting environment;
• one or more virtual assets deployed in the dedicated hosting environment;
• a virtual asset monitoring system;
• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory having stored therein instructions which when executed by any set of the one or more processors, perform a process for detecting irregularities and vulnerabilities in dedicated hosting environments, the process for detecting irregularities and vulnerabilities in dedicated hosting environments including:
• defining one or more required virtual asset characteristics that are required to be associated with all of the virtual assets deployed in the dedicated hosting environment;
• providing each of the virtual assets deployed in the dedicated hosting environment required virtual asset characteristic certification data indicating that the virtual asset includes the one or more required virtual asset characteristics;
• using the virtual asset monitoring system to monitor each of the virtual assets deployed in the dedicated hosting environment to ensure that each of the virtual assets in the dedicated hosting environment includes the required virtual asset characteristic certification data;
• and
• if a non-compliant virtual asset is identified in the dedicated hosting environment, alerting one or more entities of the non-compliant virtual asset.

A system for detecting irregularities and vulnerabilities in cloud computing environments comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory having stored therein instructions which when executed by any set of the one or more processors, perform a process for detecting irregularities and vulnerabilities in cloud computing environments, the process for detecting irregularities and vulnerabilities in computing environments including:
• providing a hosting environment;
• defining one or more required virtual asset characteristics that are required to be associated with all virtual assets deployed in the cloud computing environment;
• providing each virtual asset deployed in the cloud computing environment required virtual asset characteristic certification data indicating that the virtual asset includes the one or more required virtual asset characteristics;
• providing a virtual asset monitoring system capable of obtaining and/or reading the required virtual asset characteristic certification data;
• using the virtual asset monitoring system to monitor each virtual asset deployed in the cloud computing environment to ensure that each virtual asset in the cloud computing environment includes the required virtual asset characteristic certification data;
• and
• if a non-compliant virtual asset is identified in the cloud computing environment, alerting one or more entities of the non-compliant virtual asset.