Method to generate a quantitative measurement of computer security vulnerabilities

摘要

The present invention provides a system and method to provide a measurement of the risk that a computer network may have to computer security threats. The system includes a collocation facility that is coupled to a plurality of computer security management systems. Some or all of the vulnerability information is reported to the collocation facility. At the collocation facility, this information is compared to a standard. This comparison yields a number or other measurement of that organization's risk in its computer security. The collocation facility can then report this measurement to any information user that wishes to know what the vulnerability is for that organization.