Patent ID: 7665119

Claim:
A method of automatically determining one or more remediations for a device that includes a processor, the method comprising: receiving values of a plurality of parameters which collectively characterize an operational state of the device, there being at least one policy associated with at least a given one of the plurality of parameters, the at-least-one policy defining as a condition thereof one or more potential values of, or based upon, the given parameter, violation of the condition potentially being indicative of unauthorized activity or manipulation of the device; automatically determining, from the received parameter values, whether the conditions for any policies are violated, respectively; automatically selecting one or more remediations for the device according to the violated policies, respectively; and deploying the one or more selected remediations to the device, wherein the deploying of the one or more selected remediations includes automatically mapping the one or more selected remediations to one or more actions the execution of which carries out the one or more selected remediations, respectively.