Patent ID: 9699218
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A security compliance framework deployment improvement method comprising: deploying, by a processor of a compliance framework, a data store comprising an authoritative source of information comprising configuration and operational management requirements associated with Information Technology (IT) devices; deploying, by said processor, a component comprising an interface for an authoritative source configured to provide authentication and authorization for access to servers of said IT devices; configuring, by said processor, said component for enabling authentication and privilege management for access to authoritative source components comprising said IT devices; deploying, by said processor, said authoritative source components; configuring, by said processor, said authoritative source components for logging security events to a source component data store; deploying and configuring, by said processor, an Application Programming Interface (API) interface; deploying and configuring, by said processor, compliance framework management components; identifying, by said processor, message transfer agent API endpoint components of said compliance framework; and enabling, by said processor, operation of said compliance framework with respect to said data store, said authoritative source components, said API interface, said compliance framework management components, and said API endpoint components.