Patent ID: 7908660

Claim:
A method of dynamic risk management for an operating system of a computing device, the method comprising: automatically assessing a security state of the operating system of the computing device independent of security state changes; determining, based on the assessing, a risk level R New , wherein R New =R Current +Σrf New −Σrf Old +ri New −ri Old where R Current is a current risk level, and where Σrf New is a sum of scores assigned to new risk factors discovered by the assessing, and where Σrf Old is a sum of scores assigned to old risk factors of R current that are no longer discovered by the assessing, and where ri New is a new risk increment based on a combination of the new risk factors, and where ri Old is an old risk increment based on a combination of the old risk factors; causing an action related to the operating system of the computing device to be performed based on the risk level.