Patent ID: 9524465
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: G06F,G06N,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for analyzing and prioritizing changes to configuration parameters of applications in an information technology system, comprising: collecting configuration parameters of applications executed on computer stations connected in a network implementing the information technology system; storing the collected configuration parameters in a database; comparing the configuration parameters of an application from a specific station with configuration parameters of the application at different stations; determining differences in the configuration parameters by said comparing; analyzing the determined differences according to a set of analysis dimensions that represent rules for evaluating the differences; assigning a score representing the level of conformity of the differences to each of the analysis dimensions; defining a context for reviewing the differences; assigning a weight to each analysis dimension representing the importance of the analysis dimension; adjusting the weights assigned to the analysis dimension based on the context; calculating a total risk for each analysis dimension by multiplying the analysis dimension scores for each difference with the weights and summating for each analysis dimension over all differences; displaying the calculated total risk.