Patent ID: 8832841

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by one or more computing devices, a request for a first security review to be performed for an application of a plurality of applications that are hosted by one or more application servers, each of the plurality of applications being associated with a respective initial security score defining a level of security risk; modifying, by the one or more computing devices and based on the first security review, the initial security score associated with the application to create a first modified security score associated with the application, the first modified security score including a value within a first range; receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a request for a second security review to be performed for the application, the request for the second security review being received after the request for the first security review, and the second security review being different than the first security review; modifying, by the one or more computing devices and based on the second security review, the first modified security score to have a value within a second range and to create a second modified security score associated with the application, the second range including an upper limit that is greater than an upper limit of the first range; receiving, by the one or more computing devices, one or more requests, from one or more mobile devices, for one or more security scores corresponding to one or more applications of the plurality of applications; and providing, by the one or more computing devices and based on receiving the one or more requests, the one or more security scores to the one or more mobile devices, the provided one or more security scores including the second modified security score.