Method and system for dynamically representing distributed information

A system for dynamically representing distributed information, the system comprising:

• a first computing device configured to design one or more metrics as a Metrics Definition Package that defines metrics execution schedules, relationships, or logic of data sources and metrics logic, and transform the data sources into a canonical form to facilitate further processing of the data sources;
• a second computing device deployed with the Metrics Definition Package and configured to execute the Metrics Definition Package based on the metrics execution schedules to produce executed metrics results, wherein the second device is coupled to a plurality of deployed resources in a predefined environment, wherein the second computing device is further configured to filter the data sources in accordance with the metrics being designed to minimize errors introduced by some data in the data sources and to join data from two or more of the data sources together with a reference key to create a type of logic in the Metrics Definition Package;
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• a third computing device configured to represent the executed metrics results in at least a scorecard that includes various visual components and logic so that the executed metrics results are presented in a dynamic manner, wherein the scorecard is provided for monitoring and measuring deployed security means in an enterprise so as to indicate how effective the deployed security means is and what needs to be done with the deployed security means.

A computer-readable hardware memory or hardware storage device storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for dynamically representing distributed information, the method comprising:

• designing one or more metrics as a Metrics Definition Package that defines various business logic, workflows, and schema or metadata related to data sources;
• transforming the data sources into a canonical form to facilitate further processing of the data sources;
• filtering the data sources in accordance with the metrics being designed to minimize errors introduced by some data in the data sources;
• joining data from two or more of the data sources together with a reference key to create a type of logic in the Metrics Definition Package;
• deploying and executing the Metrics Definition Package based on metrics execution schedules against deployed resources in a predefined environment to produce executed metrics results;
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• representing the executed metrics results in at least one scorecard that includes various visual components, logic, and schema or metadata related to the executed metrics so that the executed metrics results are presented in a dynamic manner, wherein the scorecard is used for monitoring and measuring deployed security means in an enterprise so as to indicate how effective the deployed security means is and what needs to be done with the deployed security means.