Patent ID: 8239943
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. Computer-readable storage device having computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising: obtaining security status information from a plurality of security components of an IT infrastructure, wherein the plurality of security components includes security components of a network and security components of a plurality of clients on the network, wherein one of the security components is configured for aggregating security settings of the plurality of clients, and wherein the security settings of the plurality of clients include operating system security settings; consolidating the security status information into a single page of a visible representation configured to provide simultaneous evaluation of and interaction with the security status of the plurality of security components; determining, by network security page logic configured for operating on the computer and based on default rules that are overrideable by administrator preference data, how to display on the single page the consolidated security status information that comprises a global security status of the IT infrastructure, a list of the plurality of security components, a security status from each of the listed plurality of security components, and security status details of a selected one of the listed plurality of security components, context-sensitive task links, and system-wide task links; displaying, in the single page based on the determining, the global security status of the IT infrastructure; displaying, in the single page based on the determining, the list of the plurality of security components; displaying, in the single page based on the determining, the security status from each of the listed plurality of security components; displaying, in the single page based on the determining, the security status details of a selected one of the listed plurality of security components, wherein the security status details are related to the security status corresponding to the selected one of the listed plurality of security components; displaying, in the single page based on the determining, the context-sensitive task links, wherein each of the context-sensitive task links is configured to launch a security-related task that applies to the selected one of the listed plurality of security components; and displaying, in the single page based on the determining, the system-wide task links, wherein each of the system-wide task links is configured to launch a security-related task that applies to the IT infrastructure as a whole.