Patent ID: 8949969
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system to ensure compliance with data security standards, the system comprising: a security appliance in communication with a plurality of network devices and configured to perform multiple security functions, the security appliance being configured to a display unit to provide information of compliance performance of the system on a secure basis; a control unit to monitor compliance performance in real-time to ensure that each network device included in the first zone is compliant with data security standards regardless of compliance with the security standards of each network device included in the second zone; a global unit to monitor the functions of at least the security appliance; an integrity unit to construct maps of file systems of at least each network device included in the first zone and to compare the constructed maps with previously constructed maps of at least each network device included in the first zone to detect differences between the constructed maps and the previously constructed maps; and a scanning unit to perform periodic network scans to ensure security of the network devices and to detect unrecognized devices on the network, wherein the security appliance segments the first zone from the second zone via a firewall.