US Patent 8495747 Prioritizing asset remediations

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for prioritizing asset remediations. One method includes generating a risk metric for an asset and a threat, generating a remediation availability metric for the asset and the threat, and determining a remediation prioritization metric for the asset and the threat according to the risk metric and the remediation availability metric. The remediation prioritization metric specifies a priority of applying the remediation to the asset.