Patent ID: 7661134

Claim:
A method for securing, maintaining, monitoring and controlling computer networks and clients located therein, comprising: providing a hash code table of a client said hash code table being provided for storing a plurality of files; providing a client state code of a client; comparing said client state code to said hash code table, and generating an alert mechanism when a deviation threshold is reached based on a deviation between said hash code table values for said client and said client state code; wherein said hash code table includes the hash codes for files on computers within the network that are to be secured; the method further including: transmitting across a network from clients located in the network a client state code; providing at least one server within the network assigned to recognize said client state code transmission, wherein said server maintains a baseline for said client, and wherein said baseline comprises said hash code table of a said client; wherein the step of providing a hash code table of a network device further comprises providing a secure hash code table; wherein the step of providing a secure hash code table further comprises generating a secure hash code table; and wherein the step of generating a secure hash code table further comprises generating a secure hash code table using at least one compiled client hash value, wherein said compiled client hash value is generated by: providing a secure system state data file; grouping said secure system data file into one or more groups; and, extracting the modal hash value from any of said groups.