SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE SECURITY POSTURE OF A NETWORK AND HAVING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

摘要

A graphical user inferface is contained on a computer screen and used for determining the vulnerability posture of a network. A system design window displays network items of a network map th at are representative of different network elements contained within the network. The respective network icons are linked togeth er in an arrangement corresponding to how network elements are interconnected within the network. Selected portions of the network map turn a different color indicative of a vulnerability that has been established for that portion of the network after a vulnerability posture of the network has been established.