Patent ID: 9749350
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method, said method comprising: scanning, by one or more hardware processors of a computer system, all Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ports on a gateway computer at a network perimeter of a network to determine whether an unauthorized application outside the network perimeter and/or at least one unauthorized service from the unauthorized application is available within the network perimeter via the gateway computer; said one or more hardware processors executing penetration tests on the gateway computer to attempt to exploit a vulnerability of the gateway computer as revealed by the scanning of the ports on the gateway computer; and said one or more hardware processors identifying a first component associated with a first respective connection to the network and determining that the first component complies with a corresponding industry benchmark for security, and identifying a second component associated with a second respective connection to the network and determining that the second component complies with a corresponding security policy of a company associated with the network.