Abstract: The VULNERABILITY RISK MITIGATION PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“VRMP”) transforms vulnerability risk info request, malware correlation analysis request, social media mentions analysis request, and, asset risk analysis request inputs via VRMP components into vulnerability risk info, CVE data, social media mentions risk score, and, asset risk score outputs. A vulnerability risk info request for a network environment may be obtained. A security vulnerability affecting assets associated with the network environment may be determined. A base vulnerability risk score for the security vulnerability may be determined and augmented based on calculated public exploits availability score, malware correlation score, social media mentions risk score, and overall asset risk score to determine an augmented vulnerability risk score. Vulnerability risk information regarding the security vulnerability may be provided in accordance with the augmented vulnerability risk score.

Abstract: A controlled vulnerability management agent programmable to arm itself and attempt to propagate and extract vulnerabilities from a target network, without input from a user. The agent may also send status and vulnerability information to a unified vulnerability resource management (unified VRM) platform, and may also have the ability to fix vulnerabilities through a real-time control center associated with the unified vulnerability resource management platform.

Abstract: An instance of a vulnerability risk management (VRM) module and a vulnerability management expert decision system (VMEDS) module are instantiated in a cloud. The VMEDS module imports scan results from a VRM vulnerability database and saves them as vulnerabilities to be reviewed in a VMEDS database. The VMEDS module converts vulnerabilities into facts. The VMEDS module builds a rule set in the knowledge base to verify whether certain vulnerabilities are false positives. Rules related to a vulnerability are received in plain English from a web-based front-end application. The VMEDS module tests each rule against all of the facts using the Rete algorithm. The VMEDS module executes the action associated with the rule derived from the Rete algorithm. The VMEDS module stores the results associated with the executing of the action in the VMEDS database and forwards the results to the VRM module.

Abstract: A vulnerability risk management (VRM) module receives an indication of a VRM service to be provided from the end user. The VRM module extracts from the indication either external IP addresses or the web application URL and a list of assets of the enterprise computer system to be tested. The VRM module discovers the assets of the enterprise computer system. The VRM module receives a request for a vulnerability scan using a predefined scan configuration based on preferences of the end user and a specified date and time to conduct the scan. The VRM module reports and stores a preliminary list of potential vulnerabilities in the VRM vulnerability database. The preliminary list is fed to an expert system, which applies specific rule sets using an inference engine and a knowledge base to refine results stored in the VRM vulnerability database by removing extraneous information and false positives.

Abstract: An instance of a vulnerability risk management (VRM) module and a vulnerability management expert decision system (VMEDS) module are instantiated in a cloud. The VMEDS module imports scan results from a VRM vulnerability database and saves them as vulnerabilities to be reviewed in a VMEDS database. The VMEDS module converts vulnerabilities into facts. The VMEDS module builds a rule set in the knowledge base to verify whether certain vulnerabilities are false positives. Rules related to a vulnerability are received in plain English from a web-based front-end application. The VMEDS module tests each rule against all of the facts using the Rete algorithm. The VMEDS module executes the action associated with the rule derived from the Rete algorithm. The VMEDS module stores the results associated with the executing of the action in the VMEDS database and forwards the results to the VRM module.

Abstract: A vulnerability risk management (VRM) module receives an indication of a VRM service to be provided from the end user. The VRM module extracts from the indication either external IP addresses or the web application URL and a list of assets of the enterprise computer system to be tested. The VRM module discovers the assets of the enterprise computer system. The VRM module receives a request for a vulnerability scan using a predefined scan configuration based on preferences of the end user and a specified date and time to conduct the scan. The VRM module reports and stores a preliminary list of potential vulnerabilities in the VRM vulnerability database. The preliminary list is fed to an expert system, which applies specific rule sets using an inference engine and a knowledge base to refine results stored in the VRM vulnerability database by removing extraneous information and false positives.