Managing software deployment

A computer program product for managing software on one or more computing devices, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage memory and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage memory, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to identify an instance of software installed on a computing device;
• program instructions to determine a fingerprint corresponding to the instance of software installed on the computing device;
• program instructions to determine a security risk associated with the instance of software based on the determined fingerprint corresponding to the instance of software installed on the computing device;
• program instructions to identify a possible action from one or more possible actions that the computing device can implement for the instance of software based upon the fingerprint, the security risk, and a designated purpose of the computing device;
• wherein the program instructions to identify a software management policy for the instance of software based, at least in part, on the designated purpose of the computing device, comprise program instructions to:
• identify one or more software management policies for the instance of software based, at least in part, on a set of credentials for a user of the computing device, and a set of credentials for the computing device;
• and
• determine a software management policy from the one or more identified software management policies to implement based, at least in part, on the set of credentials for the user of the computing device, and the set of credentials for the computing device.

A computer system for managing software on one or more computing devices, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage memory;
• program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to identify an instance of software installed on a computing device;
• program instructions to determine a fingerprint corresponding to the instance of software installed on the computing device;
• program instructions to determine a security risk associated with the instance of software based on the determined fingerprint corresponding to the instance of software installed on the computing device;
• program instructions to identify a possible action from one or more possible actions that the computing device can implement for the instance of software based upon the fingerprint, the security risk, and a designated purpose of the computing device;
• wherein the program instructions to identify a software management policy for the instance of software based, at least in part, on the designated purpose of the computing device, comprise program instructions to:
• identify one or more software management policies for the instance of software based, at least in part, on a set of credentials for a user of the computing device, and a set of credentials for the computing device;
• and
• determine a software management policy from the one or more identified software management policies to implement based, at least in part, on the set of credentials for the user of the computing device, and the set of credentials for the computing device.