Patent ID: 7809595
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for an enterprise to assess risks associated with an outside service provider, the method comprising: identifying, via an user interface, outside service provider information that describes the outside service provider; storing the outside service provider information in a database; identifying, via the user interface, resource information that describes resources of the enterprise associated with services provided by the outside service provider; storing the resource information in the database; assessing, via computer server, a risk on the enterprise from a degradation of the services from the outside service provider, wherein assessing the risk on the enterprise comprises assessing a business risk on the enterprise and assessing a country risk on the enterprise, storing the assessment in the database; automatically determining, via the server, a criticality of the outside service provider in response to the assessment; storing the criticality in the database; and providing, via the user interface, status data from the database, wherein the status data comprises at least one of a status of: