Method and system to prioritize vulnerabilities based on contextual correlation

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PATENT NO 9692778
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14538599

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A method for prioritizing vulnerabilities of an asset in a virtual computing environment is provided. The method includes determining a vulnerability score for the asset, based on at least one of a base vulnerability score or a temporal vulnerability score and receiving information about a threat. The method includes correlating the information about the threat with information about the open vulnerabilities on the asset and also about the asset to determine a threat score for the asset and determining a contextual score for the asset based on at least one tag of the asset. The method includes deriving a prioritization score for the asset, the prioritization score a combination of the vulnerability score, the threat score and the contextual score, wherein at least one method action is performed by a processor.

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  • SYMANTEC CORPORATION

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Mohanty, Shubhabrata Pune, IN 15 761

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