Patent ID: 9742793
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing a shared pool of configurable computing resources having a first region and a second region, the method comprising: receiving a request to transfer an asset from the first region of the shared pool of configurable computing resources to the second region of the shared pool of configurable computing resources; analyzing a first configuration of the first region of the shared pool of configurable computing resources; analyzing a second configuration of the second region of the shared pool of configurable computing resources; analyzing the asset which is requested to be transferred from the first region of the shared pool of configurable computing resources to the second region of the shared pool of configurable computing resources; identifying, based on analyzing the asset and based on analyzing the first and second configurations of the first and second regions, that processing the transfer of the asset from the first region to the second region includes a potential security exposure; determining, based on the potential security exposure, a corrective action to perform, wherein the corrective action includes: preventing, specific to the asset without preventing access to one or more other assets, processing of the transfer of the asset from the first region to the second region, providing, to a user, a notification corresponding to the potential security exposure, providing, to the user, a suggested fix for the potential security exposure, performing the suggested fix for the potential security exposure, and processing, in response to performing the suggested fix for the potential security exposure, the transfer of the asset from the first region to the second region; performing the corrective action; and processing the transfer of the asset from the first region to the second region.