Patent ID: 7395244
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: determining actual and attempted usage of assets, said attempted usage of assets being monitored by a monitoring device on a network, said assets being selected from the group of hardware devices consisting of computer systems and network devices, said assets comprising a critical asset and a non-critical asset, said critical asset having a greater importance than said non-critical asset, said usage of said critical asset being less than said usage of said non-critical asset, said usage being a measure of the actual and attempted utilization of said assets comprising the number of security events of said assets, said security events comprising break-in attempts on said assets, attempts to form connections with said assets, denial of connections with said assets, and successful connections with said assets, said determining actual and attempted usage of assets comprising: determining criticality classifications of said assets based on said usage, said criticality classifications being directly proportional to said usage such that a first criticality classification for said critical asset is less than a second criticality classification for said non-critical asset.