Patent ID: 7823206
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of assessing the state of security of an organization, the method comprising: generating inquiries regarding security rules; receiving a field of business identifier; receiving an indicator of rigorousness; generating security rules from a stored knowledge base based on the indicator of rigorousness; transmitting the generated inquiries to at least one member of the organization; receiving input from the at least one member in response to the transmitted inquiries; assigning weights to contradictory inputs according to job specifications of the members if contradictory inputs are received from members in response to the transmitted inquiries; storing an estimated response based on the weighted contradictory inputs; and integrating the estimated response and the input received from the at least one member; generating an assessment of a security state of the organization based upon the received input; and outputting the assessment of the security state.