Patent ID: 8914341
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for continuous compliance assessment comprising: receiving, by a compliance server, change data associated with a change to a target host rule detected by a collection policy that defines a scope of what change data is to be collected, and for which rules of the target host, the change data comprising: (a) an identification of the target host, (b) an identification of the collection policy, and (c) element data for the change to the target host rule; determining, by the compliance server, whether the change to the target host rule meets one or more of a plurality of compliance policies associated with the collection policy, the determining comprising: generating, by the compliance server, one or more test results based at least on results of the determining, the one or more test results indicating whether the change to the target host rule is in compliance with the matching one or more compliance policies, and when the change is not in compliance with the matching one or more compliance policies, generating appropriate element data for the target host rule to place the target host rule into compliance with the matching one or more compliance policies.