Systems, methods, and computer program products for adapting the security measures of a communication network based on feedback

An adaptive security system for a communication network, the system comprising:

• a plurality of communication network modules, including a mobile communication device operable to make a request to complete a financial transaction, interconnected over the communication network;
• a plurality of trust mediator agents coupled to the plurality of communication network modules, respectively, the trust mediator agents being configured to collect, periodically at a time interval, security-related data for one or more risk variables generated by one or more sensors, correspondingly, associated with the plurality of communication network modules;
• and
• a trust mediator coupled to a memory, and configured to:
• select the one or more risk variables based on location data associated with the mobile communication device,
• determine the time interval based on the location data associated with the mobile communication device,
• receive over the communication network, the security-related data from the plurality of trust mediator agents,
• determine, based on at least one of the security-related data transmitted by the trust mediator agents and a predetermined rule stored in the memory, modifications to one or more security safeguards, and
• transmit instructions corresponding to the modifications to at least one of the plurality of trust mediator agents over the communication network.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions, the sequences of instructions including instructions which when executed by a computer system cause the computer system to perform:

• collecting, by a plurality of trust mediator agents, security-related data associated with a plurality of communication network modules, the plurality of trust mediator agents being associated with the plurality of communication network modules, respectively,
• wherein at least one of the plurality of communication network modules is a mobile communication device operable to make a request to complete a financial transaction,
• wherein the security-related data is collected for one or more risk variables generated by one or more sensors, correspondingly, and selected by a trust mediator based on location data associated with the mobile communication device, and
• wherein the security-related data for the one or more risk variables selected by the trust mediator is collected periodically at a time interval determined by the trust mediator based on the location data associated with the mobile communication device;
• transmitting, by the plurality of trust mediator agents, the security-related data to the trust mediator over the communication network;
• determining, by the trust mediator, based on at least one of the security-related data transmitted by the trust mediator agents and a predetermined rule stored in a memory, modifications to one or more security safeguards;
• and
• transmitting, by the trust mediator, instructions corresponding to the modifications to at least one of the plurality of trust mediator agents over the communication network.