System and method for performing remote security assessment of firewalled computer

A scanning server comprising:

• at least one computer readable storage including instructions;
• and
• at least one processing device configured to execute the instructions, wherein executing the instructions causes the at least one processing device to perform the operations of:
• establishing a secure connection between a scanner engine associated with the scanning server and a scanner client associated with an endpoint device, wherein each of the scanning server and the endpoint device are in communication with a network;
• transmitting, from the scanner engine to the scanner client via the secure connection, commands for collecting data associated with the endpoint device;
• receiving, at the scanner engine and from the scanner client via the secure connection, the data associated with the endpoint device, wherein the received data is collected using the scanner client;
• analyzing the received data using the scanner engine to assess a security vulnerability state of the endpoint device;
• identifying an update for the endpoint device based on analyzing the received data;
• and
• transmitting the update from the scanner engine to the endpoint device,
• wherein the scanner client is connected to a network,
• wherein the scanning server is connected to the network through a proxy, and
• wherein the proxy takes over the secure connection in response to the scanner client associated with the endpoint device no longer being in communication with the scanner engine associated with the scanning server.

A system comprising:

• a scanner server in communication with a network, wherein the scanner server is associated with a scanner engine for conducting scans of an endpoint device, wherein the endpoint device comprises an Internet application in communication with the network, and wherein conducting the scans of the endpoint device comprises:
• establishing a secure connection between the scanner engine associated with the scanner server and a scanner client associated with the endpoint device or between the scanner server and the endpoint device;
• transmitting, from the scanner server to the endpoint device via the secure connection, commands for collecting data associated with the endpoint device;
• receiving, at the scanner server and from the endpoint device via the secure connection, the data associated with the endpoint device;
• analyzing the received data using the scanner server to assess a security vulnerability state of the endpoint device;
• identifying an update for the endpoint device based on analyzing the received data;
• and
• transmitting the update from the scanner server to the endpoint device,
• wherein the scanner server is connected to the network through a proxy,
• wherein the proxy takes over the secure connection in response to the endpoint device no longer being in communication with the scanner server.