Abstract: A framework and associated methods for monitoring, reporting, and notifying with respect to security protection levels on a computer. For each security threat, a baseline level of protection is defined. A schema is configured to define fields usable by a security provider to indicate a level of protection provided by the security provider. Using the schema, the fields may be stored in a repository. Each time a security provider changes states with respect to level of protection, the appropriate field or fields in the repository are updated. Consumer applications may read from the repository at any time to obtain information that indicates the level of protection. Applications may be informed when data within the repository changes.

Abstract: A method and system for communicating emergency information about computer security threats together with mitigating actions that may be performed depending on the configuration of each computer. A secure package that includes a message regarding a threat and that potentially includes a script including actions to mitigate the threat is created. The secure package is published to make it available for downloading. The alert package is downloaded by a set of computers, and the message and the script (if any) are extracted. Stats and other feedback from the computers that download the alert package may be provided.

Abstract: A framework and associated methods for monitoring, reporting, and notifying with respect to security protection levels on a computer. For each security threat, a baseline level of protection is defined. A schema is configured to define fields usable by a security provider to indicate a level of protection provided by the security provider. Using the schema, the fields may be stored in a repository. Each time a security provider changes states with respect to level of protection, the appropriate field or fields in the repository are updated. Consumer applications may read from the repository at any time to obtain information that indicates the level of protection. Applications may be informed when data within the repository changes.