Bank of America Corporation
EVENT CORRELATION THREAT SYSTEM

Abstract:

Threats may be determined for events in isolation, however, many threats are not identified and/or realized without the occurrence of two or more events. The invention allows for identifying, prioritizing, and remitting the threats that may occur as a result of the combination of events. The invention utilizes the creation of a threat framework, which is populated with events that are defined by event characteristics using an N-tuple. Each event may have an event threat magnitude, as well as an event threat vector that illustrates the severity and likelihood of the event threat and the alignment of the threat event with related threats, and which can be used to determine an event threat assessment for the combination of events. The one or more threat frameworks may be represented by plotting the events in a dimensional Cartesian space illustrating the event threat magnitude and event threat vector.