Patent ID: 8613086
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: compiling, by a processor, a list of user computer systems within a company that are at risk of accessing, using, or disseminating confidential information; receiving, by the processor, user computer system information identifying the location of the computer systems on the list; determining, by the processor, whether the locations of the computer systems are in a country that allows scanning of user computer systems by the company; preventing, by the processor, the scanning of one or more of the computer systems when the country in which one or more of the computer systems are located does not allow scanning of the computer systems by the company; pinging, by the processor, the computer systems for determining whether the computer systems on the list are available for scanning when the country in which one or more of the computer systems are located does allow scanning of the computer systems by the company, wherein determining whether the computer systems on the list are available for scanning comprises: scanning the computer systems on the list to identify an incident related to potential or actual threats or breaches of confidential information when