BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES
These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a consideration of the following Detailed Description Of The Invention in conjunction with the drawing Figures, in which:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing features of a security compliance system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a process for managing security compliance in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 3, is a functional block diagram showing the interaction of agents, managers, monitors and compliance engine in a security compliance system;
FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the flow of information between agents, managers, monitors, and the policy management system;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an alternate embodiment of the invention wherein various components of the policy management system are incorporated with in the other computing systems;
FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a process for integrating known security risks into a compliance system; and
FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the operation of the analysis engine to analyze agent data and develop a compliance policy.