Patent ID: 8613086

Claim:
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: determining if the computer systems are on a network, determining if the computer systems are running a program or application, determining if the computer systems have enough memory to run the scan, and determining if the computer systems are scheduled to shut down or run a scheduled program or application during the duration of the scan; and scanning the computer systems on the list to identify an incident related to potential or actual threats or breaches of confidential information when the computer systems are identified on the network, the program or application running would not be affected, the computer systems have enough memory to run the scan, and the computer systems are not scheduled to shut down or run the scheduled program or application during the duration of the scan.