Patent ID: 8510843

Claim:
A method comprising the steps of: providing a local security component on a mobile device; acquiring by the local security component data concerning a current configuration of the mobile device; receiving at the local security component from one or more other applications running on the mobile device raw or partially processed data about events on the mobile device; processing the received data by the local security component against a database containing identification data for security threats and against the current mobile device configuration data to assess a security state of the mobile device, the processing including assigning by the local security component a severity level for each event; outputting by the local security component to the mobile device the security state assessment results, including a first assessed security state of the mobile device by the local security component for persistent display of the current security state assessment on a mobile device display home screen; transmitting the raw or partially processed data about events on the mobile device to a server for processing at the server; receiving, at the mobile device, a second assessed security state of the mobile device from the server; and displaying the second assessed security state on the mobile device display, wherein the second assessed security state by the server is different from the first assessed security state by the local security component.