Patent ID: 9077745
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of remote vulnerability assessment by a server for a subscriber at a client system, said method comprising: accepting credentials of the subscriber at the client system and responsively granting access to an account manager on the server; generating by the server a license key operatively associated with the remote vulnerability assessment for the subscriber; providing the license key to the client system; accepting input at the server from the client system, the input: (i) redirecting the subscriber to the server and automatically providing the license key back to the server, and (ii) requesting a user interface for running remote vulnerability assessments; responsive to receiving the input, determining a first time log on by the subscriber and responsively creating a software instance of vulnerability analysis software at the server; responsive to receiving the input, starting the software instance of vulnerability analysis software at the server; synchronizing the license key between the account manager and the server; synchronizing the credentials between the account manager and the server; responsive to synchronizing the license key and synchronizing the credentials, activating the software instance of the vulnerability analysis software at the server including copying the license key from the account manager to the software instance of the vulnerability analysis software; authenticating the subscriber and redirecting the client system to the user interface; and providing vulnerability assessment, web application assessment and content search from the software instance.