Patent ID: 8925091

Claim:
A method comprising: storing, by a first developer associated with a first protected network, a first threat, wherein the first threat is stored to a security assurance system, wherein the security assurance system includes a plurality of threats; storing, by a second developer associated with a second protected network, a second threat, wherein the second threat is stored to the security assurance system; providing a first security product to the security assurance system; selecting, by a first administrator associated with the first protected network, the first security product, wherein the first security product is associated with a second security product of the first protected network; selecting, by the first administrator, the first threat; launching on the security assurance system a first evaluation of the first security product based upon the first threat; reporting to the first administrator a first result of the first evaluation; updating the second security product in response to the first result; selecting, by a second administrator associated with the second protected network, the first security product, wherein the first security product is associated with a third security product of the second protected network; selecting, by the second administrator, the second threat, and preventing the selecting, by the second administrator, the first threat; launching on the security assurance system a second evaluation of the first security product based upon the second threat; reporting to the second administrator a second result of the second evaluation; and updating the third security product in response to the second result.