Patent Document ID: 9401926
Application ID: 14251623
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for monitoring and evaluating vulnerabilities and risks associated with an IT system of an enterprise, the method comprising: receiving data from a continuous monitoring system, wherein the continuous monitoring system is comprised a plurality of sensors that derive data from devices within the IT system, wherein the monitored devices include mobile devices, computing devices and network devices within the monitored IT system, further wherein the plurality of sensors are comprised of end point sensors, network sensors, and data loss prevention sensors; adding meta-tags to the received data; translating the received data after the addition of meta-tags; deconflicting the received data, wherein the data is deconflicted between data received by different sensors with the monitored IT system; further wherein the data is deconflicted between data received from different devices within the IT system; translating the deconflicted and meta-tagged data into a common format for storage; updating meta-tags and selected values for subsequent post-processing; sending notification of the updated status and updating records for the production of risk predictive analytics, risk trend analysis, and risk allocation tables; combining data using statistical and machine learning methods to extract threats and vulnerabilities; creating a master table of risks; applying risk analysis tools to the master table of risks to develop an enterprise wide risk profile; wherein the master table of risks is grouped by security category, severity and location; further wherein the step of applying risk analysis tools to the master table of risks includes analyzing and categorizing risk data so that the total and categorized risks and cost of mitigations are part of the risk profile; wherein the risk profile includes loss probabilities and remediation cost estimates; wherein the categorized risks and cost of mitigations are allocated among endpoints and organizational entities in the enterprise; providing a visual presentation component for presenting analysis of the risk profile; transmitting the security profile results to a database; extracting data from the database; analyzing the extracted data to identify threats, risks and the compliance posture of the monitored IT system, wherein the extracted data is combined with forensic and time series results; producing a listing of all IT risks for the monitored system; and applying a valuation to the identified IT risks for the monitored system, wherein the valuation is generated by integrating the listing of all IT risks with data representing business operations resources expenditures and allocations.