Patent Document ID: 9021545
Application ID: 12873230
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions to cause a processor to: define: a first instruction prescribing a setting for a feature of a computing device, the setting for the feature corresponding to a configuration of the feature in accordance with a security policy for securing the computing device, a second instruction prescribing a first action, receive data from the plurality of computing devices including the computing device, wherein the data indicates whether the feature is present in each of the plurality of computing devices, and if present, whether the feature is set to the setting, determine, from the received data for the computing device, whether the feature is present in the computing device, and if present, whether the feature is set to the setting; initiate the first action if the feature is present in the computing device but is not set to the setting, such that the first action is performed where the feature is present but the configuration thereof is not in accordance with the security policy; and take no action if the feature is not present in the computing device such that absence of the feature is ignored.