1. A pneumatic launcher system comprising:
a support base member;
a plenum chamber section supported by said support base member, said plenum chamber section defining a plenum chamber having a closed end and an open end;
an intermediate chamber section connected to said plenum chamber section and having aft and forward rupture disks consecutively arranged therein to define an intermediate chamber between said aft and forward rupture disks, said aft rupture disk being exposed to said open end of said plenum chamber;
a launch tube section connected to said intermediate chamber section and supported by said base support member, said launch tube section having an open breech end, an interior in communication with the open breech end sized for receiving a projectile, and an open exit end opposite the breech end from which the projectile exits the interior, said forward rupture disk of said intermediate chamber section being exposed to said open breech end of said launch tube; and
said plenum chamber section, intermediate chamber section and launch tube section being generally collinearly arranged wherein said intermediate chamber section is located between said plenum chamber section and launch tube section.
2. The pneumatic launcher system according to claim 1 further comprising a plurality of support members attached to and upstanding from said support base member, said support members supporting the plenum chamber section and launch tube section.
3. The pneumatic launcher system according to claim 2 wherein said aft rupture disk is configured to rupture when said aft rupture disk is exposed to a predetermined pressure.
4. The pneumatic launcher system according to claim 2 wherein said forward rupture disk is configured to rupture when said forward rupture disk is exposed to a predetermined pressure.
5. The pneumatic launcher system according to claim 2 further comprising a muzzle brake that is attached to said launch tube section about the open exit end of said launch tube section and abuts one of said support members to minimize pre-launch recoil forces associated with the initial discharge of fluid from said interior of said launch tube.
6. The pneumatic launcher system according to claim 1 wherein said closed end of said plenum chamber comprises an end cap.
7. The pneumatic launcher system according to claim 1 further comprising:
a pressurized gas generation source;
a conduit network in gaseous communication with said pressurized gas generation source and said plenum and intermediate chambers to introduce pressurized gas into said plenum and intermediate chambers;
a primary valve operatively connected to said conduit network to regulate the flow of pressurized gas into said plenum chamber;
a secondary valve operatively connected to said conduit network to regulate the flow of pressurized gas into said intermediate chamber; and
a venting device operatively connected to said conduit network to vent pressurized gas within said intermediate chamber into the atmosphere to produce a pressure imbalance between said plenum chamber and said intermediate chamber and to cause said aft and forward and rupture disks to rupture.
8. The pneumatic launcher system according to claim 7 further comprising a muffler device to reduce noise generated by venting pressurized gas within said intermediate chamber.
9. The pneumatic launcher system according to claim 7 further comprising:
a plurality of pressure and temperature sensors that produce signals that represent the temperature and pressure within said plenum and intermediate chambers; and
a processor resource to process the signals produced by said sensors.
10. A pneumatic launcher comprising a plenum chamber section, an intermediate chamber section and a launch tube section connected together in a generally collinear arrangement wherein said intermediate chamber section is between said plenum chamber section and said launch tube section, said plenum chamber section defining a plenum chamber having a closed end and an open end, said intermediate chamber section having aft and forward rupture disks consecutively arranged to define an intermediate chamber wherein said aft rupture disk is exposed to said open end of said plenum chamber, said launch tube section having an open breech end that confronts the forward rupture disk, an interior that is in communication with said open breech end and sized for receiving a projectile, and an open exit end opposite said open breech end through which a projectile exits said interior.
11. A method of operating a pneumatic launcher, comprising:
providing a pneumatic launcher comprising a plenum chamber section, an intermediate chamber section and a launch tube section connected together in a generally collinear arrangement wherein said intermediate chamber section is between said plenum chamber section and said launch tube section, said plenum chamber section defining a plenum chamber having a closed end and an open end, said intermediate chamber section having aft and forward rupture disks consecutively arranged to define an intermediate chamber wherein said aft rupture disk is exposed to said open end of said plenum chamber, said launch tube section having an open breech end that confronts the forward rupture disk, an interior that is in communication with said open breech end and sized for receiving a projectile, and an open exit end opposite said open breech end through which a projectile exits said interior;
submerging the pneumatic launcher in fluid so that fluid floods said interior of said launch tube;
pressurizing said plenum chamber to a first predetermined pressure;
pressurizing said intermediate chamber to a pressure that is generally the same as the first predetermined pressure;
pressurizing said plenum chamber to a second predetermined pressure that is greater than the first predetermined chamber; and
depressurizing said intermediate chamber to produce a pressure imbalance between said plenum and intermediate chambers that causes said aft and forward rupture disks to rupture thereby equalizing the pressure between said plenum chamber and said interior of said launch tube and discharging the fluid from said interior of said launch tube.
12. The method according to claim 11 wherein said second predetermined pressure is about twice as much as said first predetermined pressure.
13. The method according to claim 11 wherein said aft and forward rupture disks each have a pressure rating that is about two-thirds the second predetermined pressure.
14. The method according to claim 11 wherein pressurizing said plenum chamber comprises introducing a pressurized gas into said plenum chamber.
15. The method according to claim 11 wherein pressurizing said intermediate chamber comprises introducing a pressurized gas into said intermediate chamber.
16. The method according to claim 15 wherein depressurizing said intermediate chamber comprises venting said pressurized gas from said intermediate chamber.
17. The method according to claim 16 further comprises muffling noise produced by said venting said pressurized gas.
18. The method according to claim 11 further comprising sensing the pressure within said plenum chamber.
19. The method according to claim 11 further comprising sensing the pressure within said intermediate chamber.
20. The method according to claim 11 wherein providing said pneumatic launcher includes positioning a projectile within said interior of said launch tube.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A system, comprising:
a processor configured to:
determine, based at least in part on a computing resource policy regime specification associated with a computing resource, that an assessment of the computing resource should be initiated, wherein the assessment is associated with a plurality of tests;
initiate a pre-scan associated with the computing resource, wherein the pre-scan is configured to assess functionality provided by the computing resource;
dispatch the assessment, wherein dispatching the assessment includes selecting as a test set, based at least in part on the pre-scan, a subset of the tests associated with the assessment, and wherein dispatching the assessment includes performing a deduplicating action on the test set; and
deliver results of the assessment; and
a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the assessment is dispatched based at least in part on a determination being made by a timer that the assessment should be dispatched.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein delivering the results includes weighting the results.
4. The system of claim 3 wherein dispatching the assessment includes initiating a plurality of third party scans and wherein weighting the results includes weighting the third party scan results.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein dispatching the assessment includes requesting a plurality of scans from a plurality of third party external scanners.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes delivering the results to an auditor in an auditor interface.
7. The system of claim 6 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of computing resources.
8. The system of claim 7 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of customers of the system.
9. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to receive permission from an administrator associated with the computing resource to make available at least a portion of the results to a third party.
10. The system of claim 1 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes making a publicly available scorecard that summarizes the results.
11. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to queue, for operator review, a violation of the computing resource policy regime specification detected during the assessment.
12. The system of claim 1 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes alerting an administrator associated with the computing resource of a violation of the computing resource policy regime specification.
13. The system of claim 12 wherein alerting the administrator includes indicating to the administrator an amount of time by which the violation must be remedied before a remedial action is taken.
14. The system of claim 13 wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the administrator, an indication that more time is required by the administrator to remedy the violation.
15. The system of claim 12 wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the administrator, a request to retest the computing resource with respect to the violation.
16. The system of claim 12 wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the administrator, an indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive.
17. The system of claim 16 wherein, in response to receiving the indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive, the violation finding is flagged for review by an operator.
18. The system of claim 1 wherein delivering the results includes storing the results in a results repository.
19. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one test included in the test set is a custom test authored on behalf of an owner of the computing resource.
20. A method, comprising:
determining, based at least in part on a computing resource policy regime specification associated with a computing resource, that an assessment of the computing resource should be initiated, wherein the assessment is associated with a plurality of tests;
initiating a pre-scan associated with the computing resource, wherein the pre-scan is configured to assess functionality provided by the computing resource;
dispatching the assessment, wherein dispatching the assessment includes selecting as a test set, based at least in part on the pre-scan, a subset of the tests associated with the assessment and wherein dispatching the assessment includes performing a deduplicating action on the test set; and
delivering results of the assessment.
21. The method of claim 20 wherein the assessment is dispatched based at least in part on a determination being made by a timer that the assessment should be dispatched.
22. The method of claim 20 wherein delivering the results includes weighting the results.
23. The method of claim 22 wherein dispatching the assessment includes initiating a plurality of third party scans and wherein weighting the results includes weighting the third party scan results.
24. The method of claim 20 wherein dispatching the assessment includes requesting a plurality of scans from a plurality of third party external scanners.
25. The method of claim 20 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes delivering the results to an auditor in an auditor interface.
26. The method of claim 25 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of computing resources.
27. The method of claim 26 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of customers of the system.
28. The method of claim 20 further comprising receiving permission from an administrator associated with the computing resource to make available at least a portion of the results to a third party.
29. The method of claim 20 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes making a publicly available scorecard that summarizes the results.
30. The method of claim 20 further comprising queuing, for operator review, a violation of the computing resource policy regime specification detected during the assessment.
31. The method of claim 20 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes alerting an administrator associated with the computing resource of a violation of the computing resource policy regime specification.
32. The method of claim 31 wherein alerting the administrator includes indicating to the administrator an amount of time by which the violation must be remedied before a remedial action is taken.
33. The method of claim 32 further comprising receiving, from the administrator, an indication that more time is required by the administrator to remedy the violation.
34. The method of claim 31 further comprising receiving, from the administrator, a request to retest the computing resource with respect to the violation.
35. The method of claim 31 further comprising receiving, from the administrator, an indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive.
36. The method of claim 35 wherein, in response to receiving the indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive, the violation finding is flagged for review by an operator.
37. The method of claim 20 wherein delivering the results includes storing the results in a results repository.
38. The method of claim 20 wherein at least one test included in the test set is a custom test authored on behalf of an owner of the computing resource.
39. A system, comprising:
a processor configured to:
determine, based at least in part on a computing resource policy regime specification associated with a computing resource, that an assessment of the computing resource should be initiated, wherein the assessment is associated with a plurality of tests;
initiate a pre-scan associated with the computing resource, wherein the pre-scan is configured to assess functionality provided by the computing resource;
dispatch the assessment, wherein dispatching the assessment includes selecting as a test set, based at least in part on the pre-scan, a subset of the tests associated with the assessment, and wherein dispatching the assessment includes requesting a plurality of scans from a plurality of third party external scanners; and
deliver results of the assessment; and
a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
40. The system of claim 39 wherein the assessment is dispatched based at least in part on a determination being made by a timer that the assessment should be dispatched.
41. The system of claim 39 wherein dispatching the assessment includes performing a deduplicating action on the test set.
42. The system of claim 39 wherein delivering the results includes weighting the results.
43. The system of claim 39 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes delivering the results to an auditor in an auditor interface.
44. The system of claim 43 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of computing resources.
45. The system of claim 44 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of customers of the system.
46. The system of claim 39 wherein the processor is further configured to receive permission from an administrator associated with the computing resource to make available at least a portion of the results to a third party.
47. The system of claim 39 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes making a publicly available scorecard that summarizes the results.
48. The system of claim 39 wherein the processor is further configured to queue, for operator review, a violation of the computing resource policy regime specification detected during the assessment.
49. The system of claim 39 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes alerting an administrator associated with the computing resource of a violation of the computing resource policy regime specification.
50. The system of claim 49 wherein alerting the administrator includes indicating to the administrator an amount of time by which the violation must be remedied before a remedial action is taken.
51. The system of claim 50 wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the administrator, an indication that more time is required by the administrator to remedy the violation.
52. The system of claim 49 wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the administrator, a request to retest the computing resource with respect to the violation.
53. The system of claim 49 wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the administrator, an indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive.
54. The system of claim 53 wherein, in response to receiving the indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive, the violation finding is flagged for review by an operator.
55. The system of claim 39 wherein delivering the results includes storing the results in a results repository.
56. The system of claim 39 wherein at least one test included in the test set is a custom test authored on behalf of an owner of the computing resource.
57. A method, comprising:
determining, based at least in part on a computing resource policy regime specification associated with a computing resource, that an assessment of the computing resource should be initiated, wherein the assessment is associated with a plurality of tests;
initiating a pre-scan associated with the computing resource, wherein the pre-scan is configured to assess functionality provided by the computing resource;
dispatching the assessment, wherein dispatching the assessment includes selecting as a test set, based at least in part on the pre-scan, a subset of the tests associated with the assessment, and wherein dispatching the assessment includes requesting a plurality of scans from a plurality of third party external scanners; and
delivering results of the assessment.
58. The method of claim 57 wherein the assessment is dispatched based at least in part on a determination being made by a timer that the assessment should be dispatched.
59. The method of claim 57 wherein dispatching the assessment includes performing a deduplicating action on the test set.
60. The method of claim 57 wherein delivering the results includes weighting the results.
61. The method of claim 57 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes delivering the results to an auditor in an auditor interface.
62. The method of claim 61 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of computing resources.
63. The method of claim 62 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of customers of the system.
64. The method of claim 57 further comprising receiving permission from an administrator associated with the computing resource to make available at least a portion of the results to a third party.
65. The method of claim 57 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes making a publicly available scorecard that summarizes the results.
66. The method of claim 57 further comprising queuing, for operator review, a violation of the computing resource policy regime specification detected during the assessment.
67. The method of claim 57 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes alerting an administrator associated with the computing resource of a violation of the computing resource policy regime specification.
68. The method of claim 67 wherein alerting the administrator includes indicating to the administrator an amount of time by which the violation must be remedied before a remedial action is taken.
69. The method of claim 68 further comprising receiving, from the administrator, an indication that more time is required by the administrator to remedy the violation.
70. The method of claim 67 further comprising receiving, from the administrator, a request to retest the computing resource with respect to the violation.
71. The method of claim 67 further comprising receiving, from the administrator, an indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive.
72. The method of claim 71 wherein, in response to receiving the indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive, the violation finding is flagged for review by an operator.
73. The method of claim 57 wherein delivering the results includes storing the results in a results repository.
74. The method of claim 57 wherein at least one test included in the test set is a custom test authored on behalf of an owner of the computing resource.
75. A system, comprising:
a processor configured to:
determine, based at least in part on a computing resource policy regime specification associated with a computing resource, that an assessment of the computing resource should be initiated, wherein the assessment is associated with a plurality of tests;
initiate a pre-scan associated with the computing resource, wherein the pre-scan is configured to assess functionality provided by the computing resource;
dispatch the assessment, wherein dispatching the assessment includes selecting as a test set, based at least in part on the pre-scan, a subset of the tests associated with the assessment; and
deliver results of the assessment, wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes alerting an administrator associated with the computing resource of a violation of the computing resource policy regime specification, and wherein alerting the administrator includes indicating to the administrator an amount of time by which the violation must be remedied before a remedial action is taken; and
a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
76. The system of claim 75 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes delivering the results to an auditor in an auditor interface.
77. The system of claim 76 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of computing resources.
78. The system of claim 77 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of customers of the system.
79. The system of claim 75 wherein the processor is further configured to receive permission from the administrator associated with the computing resource to make available at least a portion of the results to a third party.
80. The system of claim 75 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes making a publicly available scorecard that summarizes the results.
81. The system of claim 75 wherein the processor is further configured to queue, for operator review, the violation of the computing resource policy regime specification detected during the assessment.
82. The system of claim 75 wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the administrator, an indication that more time is required by the administrator to remedy the violation.
83. The system of claim 75 wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the administrator, a request to retest the computing resource with respect to the violation.
84. The system of claim 75 wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the administrator, an indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive.
85. The system of claim 84 wherein, in response to receiving the indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive, the violation finding is flagged for review by an operator.
86. The system of claim 75 wherein at least one test included in the test set is a custom test authored on behalf of an owner of the computing resource.
87. A method, comprising:
determining, based at least in part on a computing resource policy regime specification associated with a computing resource, that an assessment of the computing resource should be initiated, wherein the assessment is associated with a plurality of tests;
initiating a pre-scan associated with the computing resource, wherein the pre-scan is configured to assess functionality provided by the computing resource;
dispatching the assessment, wherein dispatching the assessment includes selecting as a test set, based at least in part on the pre-scan, a subset of the tests associated with the assessment; and
delivering results of the assessment, wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes alerting an administrator associated with the computing resource of a violation of the computing resource policy regime specification, and wherein alerting the administrator includes indicating to the administrator an amount of time by which the violation must be remedied before a remedial action is taken.
88. The method of claim 87 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes delivering the results to an auditor in an auditor interface.
89. The method of claim 88 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of computing resources.
90. The method of claim 89 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of customers of the system.
91. The method of claim 87 further comprising receiving permission from the administrator associated with the computing resource to make available at least a portion of the results to a third party.
92. The method of claim 87 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes making a publicly available scorecard that summarizes the results.
93. The method of claim 87 further comprising queuing, for operator review, the violation of the computing resource policy regime specification detected during the assessment.
94. The method of claim 87 further comprising receiving, from the administrator, an indication that more time is required by the administrator to remedy the violation.
95. The method of claim 87 further comprising receiving, from the administrator, a request to retest the computing resource with respect to the violation.
96. The method of claim 87 further comprising receiving, from the administrator, an indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive.
97. The method of claim 96 wherein, in response to receiving the indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive, the violation finding is flagged for review by an operator.
98. The method of claim 87 wherein at least one test included in the test set is a custom test authored on behalf of an owner of the computing resource.
99. A system, comprising:
a processor configured to:
determine, based at least in part on a computing resource policy regime specification associated with a computing resource, that an assessment of the computing resource should be initiated, wherein the assessment is associated with a plurality of tests;
initiate a pre-scan associated with the computing resource, wherein the pre-scan is configured to assess functionality provided by the computing resource;
dispatch the assessment, wherein dispatching the assessment includes selecting as a test set, based at least in part on the pre-scan, a subset of the tests associated with the assessment;
deliver results of the assessment, wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes alerting an administrator associated with the computing resource of a violation of the computing resource policy regime specification; and
receive, from the administrator, a request to retest the computing resource with respect to the violation; and
a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
100. The system of claim 99 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes delivering the results to an auditor in an auditor interface.
101. The system of claim 100 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of computing resources.
102. The system of claim 101 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of customers of the system.
103. The system of claim 99 wherein the processor is further configured to receive permission from the administrator associated with the computing resource to make available at least a portion of the results to a third party.
104. The system of claim 99 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes making a publicly available scorecard that summarizes the results.
105. The system of claim 99 wherein the processor is further configured to queue, for operator review, the violation of the computing resource policy regime specification detected during the assessment.
106. The system of claim 99 wherein alerting the administrator includes indicating to the administrator an amount of time by which the violation must be remedied before a remedial action is taken.
107. The system of claim 106 wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the administrator, an indication that more time is required by the administrator to remedy the violation.
108. The system of claim 99 wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the administrator, an indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive.
109. The system of claim 108 wherein, in response to receiving the indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive, the violation finding is flagged for review by an operator.
110. The system of claim 99 wherein at least one test included in the test set is a custom test authored on behalf of an owner of the computing resource.
111. A method, comprising:
determining, based at least in part on a computing resource policy regime specification associated with a computing resource, that an assessment of the computing resource should be initiated, wherein the assessment is associated with a plurality of tests;
initiating a pre-scan associated with the computing resource, wherein the pre-scan is configured to assess functionality provided by the computing resource;
dispatching the assessment, wherein dispatching the assessment includes selecting as a test set, based at least in part on the pre-scan, a subset of the tests associated with the assessment;
delivering results of the assessment, wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes alerting an administrator associated with the computing resource of a violation of the computing resource policy regime specification; and
receiving, from the administrator, a request to retest the computing resource with respect to the violation.
112. The method of claim 111 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes delivering the results to an auditor in an auditor interface.
113. The method of claim 112 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of computing resources.
114. The method of claim 113 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of customers of the system.
115. The method of claim 111 further comprising receiving permission from the administrator associated with the computing resource to make available at least a portion of the results to a third party.
116. The method of claim 111 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes making a publicly available scorecard that summarizes the results.
117. The method of claim 111 wherein further comprising queuing, for operator review, the violation of the computing resource policy regime specification detected during the assessment.
118. The method of claim 111 wherein alerting the administrator includes indicating to the administrator an amount of time by which the violation must be remedied before a remedial action is taken.
119. The method of claim 118 further comprising receiving, from the administrator, an indication that more time is required by the administrator to remedy the violation.
120. The method of claim 111 further comprising receiving, from the administrator, an indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive.
121. The method of claim 120 wherein, in response to receiving the indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive, the violation finding is flagged for review by an operator.
122. The method of claim 111 wherein at least one test included in the test set is a custom test authored on behalf of an owner of the computing resource.
123. A system, comprising:
a processor configured to:
determine, based at least in part on a computing resource policy regime specification associated with a computing resource, that an assessment of the computing resource should be initiated, wherein the assessment is associated with a plurality of tests;
initiate a pre-scan associated with the computing resource, wherein the pre-scan is configured to assess functionality provided by the computing resource;
dispatch the assessment, wherein dispatching the assessment includes selecting as a test set, based at least in part on the pre-scan, a subset of the tests associated with the assessment; and
deliver results of the assessment, wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes alerting an administrator associated with the computing resource of a violation of the computing resource policy regime specification; and
receiving, from the administrator, an indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive; and
a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
124. The system of claim 123 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes delivering the results to an auditor in an auditor interface.
125. The system of claim 124 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of computing resources.
126. The system of claim 125 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of customers of the system.
127. The system of claim 123 wherein the processor is further configured to receive permission from the administrator associated with the computing resource to make available at least a portion of the results to a third party.
128. The system of claim 123 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes making a publicly available scorecard that summarizes the results.
129. The system of claim 123 wherein the processor is further configured to queue, for operator review, the violation of the computing resource policy regime specification detected during the assessment.
130. The system of claim 123 wherein alerting the administrator includes indicating to the administrator an amount of time by which the violation must be remedied before a remedial action is taken.
131. The system of claim 130 wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the administrator, an indication that more time is required by the administrator to remedy the violation.
132. The system of claim 123 wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the administrator, a request to retest the computing resource with respect to the violation.
133. The system of claim 123 wherein, in response to receiving the indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive, the violation finding is flagged for review by an operator.
134. The system of claim 123 wherein at least one test included in the test set is a custom test authored on behalf of an owner of the computing resource.
135. A method, comprising:
determining, based at least in part on a computing resource policy regime specification associated with a computing resource, that an assessment of the computing resource should be initiated, wherein the assessment is associated with a plurality of tests;
initiating a pre-scan associated with the computing resource, wherein the pre-scan is configured to assess functionality provided by the computing resource;
dispatching the assessment, wherein dispatching the assessment includes selecting as a test set, based at least in part on the pre-scan, a subset of the tests associated with the assessment;
delivering results of the assessment, wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes alerting an administrator associated with the computing resource of a violation of the computing resource policy regime specification; and
receiving, from the administrator, an indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive.
136. The method of claim 135 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes delivering the results to an auditor in an auditor interface.
137. The method of claim 136 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of computing resources.
138. The method of claim 137 wherein the auditor interface includes results from a plurality of customers of the system.
139. The method of claim 135 wherein the processor is further configured to receive permission from the administrator associated with the computing resource to make available at least a portion of the results to a third party.
140. The method of claim 135 wherein delivering the results of the assessment includes making a publicly available scorecard that summarizes the results.
141. The method of claim 135 further comprising queuing, for operator review, the violation of the computing resource policy regime specification detected during the assessment.
142. The method of claim 135 wherein alerting the administrator includes indicating to the administrator an amount of time by which the violation must be remedied before a remedial action is taken.
143. The method of claim 142 further comprising receiving, from the administrator, an indication that more time is required by the administrator to remedy the violation.
144. The method of claim 141 further comprising receiving, from the administrator, a request to retest the computing resource with respect to the violation.
145. The method of claim 144 wherein, in response to receiving the indication that the administrator believes the violation to be a false positive, the violation finding is flagged for review by an operator.
146. The method of claim 135 wherein at least one test included in the test set is a custom test authored on behalf of an owner of the computing resource.