Patent ID: 8635079

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: accessing, by a first manager console of a plurality of manager consoles, information related to a first file determined to satisfy at least one of a plurality of suspected malware conditions, each manager console communicatively coupled to a respective network of a plurality of networks, the information including data from a first malware detection process indicating the at least one suspected malware condition; generating a request, by the first manager console, for a determination by a master manager console, of whether the first file comprises malware, the master manager console configured to access requests generated from each of the plurality of manager consoles; accessing data indicating a result of the determination of whether the first file comprises malware, the result outputted by the master manager console; accessing, by the first manager console, a sharing policy associated with the first manager console, the sharing policy including an indication of what information the first manager console may share with other manager consoles of the plurality of manager consoles in the plurality of networks; determining that the sharing policy indicates that the result is sharable with a second manager console of the plurality of manager consoles, the second manager console communicatively coupled to a second network of the plurality of networks; generating, by the first manager console, in response to the determination that the sharing policy indicates that the result is sharable with the second manager console, a message to be sent from the first manager console to the second manager console, the message comprising the result of the determination of whether the first file comprises malware; accessing, by the first manager console of the plurality of manager consoles, information related to a second file determined to satisfy at least one of the plurality of suspected malware conditions, the information including data from the first malware detection process indicating the at least one suspected malware condition; generating a second request, by the first manager console, for a second determination by the master manager console, of whether the second file comprises malware; accessing data indicating a second result of the second determination of whether the second file comprises malware, the second result outputted by the master manager console; accessing, by the first manager console, the sharing policy associated with the first manager console; determining that the sharing policy indicates that the result is not sharable with the second manager console of the plurality of manager consoles; and refraining from sharing the second result, by the first manager console, in response to the determination that the sharing policy indicates that the result is not sharable with the second manager console; wherein each manager console of the plurality of manager consoles is remote from each other management console.