Patent ID: 7516490
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A security system comprising: an activation token identifying system characteristics and specifying a threat level and at least one preset activation measure, wherein a system characteristic is one of the group of a hardware system, a service, a configuration of a service, a service execution platform, and a service version; a first system comprising a processor, the first system configured to at least review security and vulnerability information from information publishers and to provide the activation token based on the security and vulnerability information; and a second system configured to receive the activation token from a source external to the second system, the second system further configured to determine whether the activation token is relevant by checking if actual characteristics at the second system correspond to the system characteristics identified by the activation token, the second system further configured to transform the activation token into at least one activation measure if the activation token is considered relevant by the second system, the activation measure configured to modify services executing at the second system.