Patent ID: 8752142

Claim:
A method for adapting a security system based on security-related data associated with a communication network, the method comprising: collecting, by a plurality of trust mediator agents, security-related data associated with a plurality of communication network modules, the plurality of trust mediator agents being associated with the plurality of communication network modules, respectively, wherein at least one of the plurality of communication network modules is a mobile communication device operable to make a request to complete a financial transaction, wherein the security-related data is collected for one or more risk variables generated by one or more sensors, correspondingly, and selected by a trust mediator based on location data associated with the mobile communication device, and wherein the security-related data for the one or more risk variables selected by the trust mediator is collected periodically at a time interval determined by the trust mediator based on the location data associated with the mobile communication device; transmitting, by the plurality of trust mediator agents, the security-related data to the trust mediator over the communication network; determining, by the trust mediator, based on at least one of the security-related data transmitted by the trust mediator agents and a predetermined rule stored in a memory, modifications to one or more security safeguards; and transmitting, by the trust mediator, instructions corresponding to the modifications to at least one of the plurality of trust mediator agents over the communication network.