Network audit and policy assurance system

A method, comprising:

• configuring policies and audits of a data communications network, utilizing a first server;
• gathering information about the network in response to the configured audits and transmitting the gathered information to the first server, utilizing one or more second servers coupled to the first server;
• and
• storing the gathered information transmitted by the one or more second servers utilizing a data store coupled to the first server, wherein the first server determines compliance with one of the configured network policies and independently makes a recommendation, in response to the determination, for modifying a network feature;
• wherein the recommendation is a task associated with the network feature;
• wherein a status of the recommended task is monitored;
• wherein completion of the recommended task is verified;
• wherein the first server provides, in response to the determination, a graphical representation of a security of the data communications network;
• wherein the recommendation is associated with a change to one of the configured network policies and logics for modeling an effect of the change to one of the configured network policies.

A computer program product embodied on a tangible computer readable medium, comprising:

• computer code for configuring policies and audits of a data communications network, utilizing a first server;
• computer code for gathering information about the network in response to the configured audits and transmitting the gathered information to the first server, utilizing one or more second servers coupled to the first server;
• and
• computer code for storing the gathered information transmitted by the one or more second servers utilizing a data store coupled to the first server, wherein the first server determines compliance with one of the configured network policies and independently makes a recommendation, in response to the determination, for modifying a network feature;
• wherein the recommendation is a task associated with the network feature;
• wherein a status of the recommended task is monitored;
• wherein completion of the recommended task is verified;
• wherein the first server provides, in response to the determination, a graphical representation of a security of the data communications network;
• wherein the recommendation is associated with a change to one of the configured network policies and logics for modeling an effect of the change to one of the configured network policies.