System and method for identifying and [assessing] remediating vulnerabilities on a mobile communications device

A method comprising:

• a) providing at least one server that accesses a data storage storing a plurality of sets of vulnerability information;
• b) receiving, at the at least one server, a first set of vulnerability identification information about a first mobile communication device;
• c) correlating, by the at least one server, the first set of vulnerability identification information to at least one of the plurality of sets of vulnerability information to generate a first set of result information;
• and,
• d) transmitting, by the at least one server, the first set of result information;
• e) receiving, at the at least one server, a second set of vulnerability identification information about a second mobile communication device, wherein the second set of vulnerability identification information differs from the first set of vulnerability identification information;
• f) correlating, by the at least one server, the second set of vulnerability identification information to at least one of the plurality of sets of vulnerability information to generate a second set of result information;
• and,
• g) transmitting, by the at least one server, the second set of result information.

A system comprising:

• a data storage storing a plurality of sets of vulnerability information;
• a server for accessing the data storage, for receiving one or more sets of vulnerability identification information about one or more mobile communication devices, for correlating the one or more sets of received vulnerability identification information to at least one of the plurality of sets of vulnerability information to generate one or more sets of result information, for transmitting the one or more sets of result information, and for transmitting one or more notifications about the one or more sets of result information;
• and,
• a network connecting the at least one server, data storage, and the plurality of mobile communication devices.

A method comprising:

• a) providing at least one server that accesses a data storage storing a plurality of sets of vulnerability information;
• b) receiving, at the at least one server, a set of vulnerability identification information about a mobile communication device;
• c) correlating, by the at least one server, the received set of vulnerability identification information to at least one of the plurality of sets of vulnerability information to generate a first set of result information;
• and,
• d) transmitting, by the at least one server to the mobile communication device, a notification about the first set of result information.

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a mobile communications device from a data storage, vulnerability information including descriptions of known vulnerabilities, an amount of information included in the vulnerability information being determined by a setting determined from an input from an administrator;
• correlating, by the mobile communications device, the received vulnerability information to vulnerability identification information about the mobile communications device to determine whether at least some of the received vulnerability information is relevant to the mobile communications device;
• generating, by the mobile communications device based on the determination from the correlating step, vulnerability result information including instructions for remediating at least one vulnerability of the mobile communications device;
• and
• implementing, by the mobile communications device, the instructions to remediate the at least one vulnerability.

A system comprising:

• a data storage storing a plurality of sets of vulnerability information, the vulnerability information including descriptions of known vulnerabilities;
• a mobile communications device in communication with the data storage, the mobile communications device configured to:
• receive, from the data storage, vulnerability information including descriptions of known vulnerabilities, an amount of information included in the vulnerability information being determined by a setting determined from an input from an administrator;
• correlate the received vulnerability information to vulnerability identification information about the mobile communications device to determine whether at least some of the received vulnerability information is relevant to the mobile communications device;
• generate, based on the determination from the correlating step, vulnerability result information including instructions for remediating at least one vulnerability of the mobile communications device;
• and
• implement the instructions to remediate the at least one vulnerability.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by a processor of a mobile communications device, cause the mobile communications device to perform the steps of:

• receiving, from the data storage, vulnerability information including descriptions of known vulnerabilities, an amount of information included in the vulnerability information being determined by a setting determined from an input from an administrator;
• correlating the received vulnerability information to vulnerability identification information about the mobile communications device to determine whether at least some of the received vulnerability information is relevant to the mobile communications device;
• generating, based on the determination from the correlating step, vulnerability result information including instructions for remediating at least one vulnerability of the mobile communications device;
• and
• implementing the instructions to remediate the at least one vulnerability.