Patent ID: 8122510
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing unstructured data comprising: identifying an unstructured data environment that includes unstructured data, wherein the unstructured data environment is defined by a surface area that includes the ability to store the unstructured data on a portable storage medium and remove the portable storage medium from the unstructured data environment; receiving, via a computing device processor, a threat rating, a vulnerabilities rating and an asset value per volume rating, each rating associated with the unstructured data environment; determining, via a computing device, a risk score for the unstructured data environment based on the threat rating, the vulnerability rating and the asset value per volume rating; and generating, via a computing device, a risk quadrant chart having a first axis representing the vulnerabilities rating and a second axis representing the asset value per volume rating, wherein the unstructured data environment is plotted in a quadrant of the risk quadrant chart based on the vulnerabilities rating and the asset value per volume rating.