A server security schema that can incorporate server security-related
expertise into an information model is provided. The novel server
security schema component can be applied to an application server, a web
server and/or a database server to converge knowledge into securing the
server by identifying categories, vulnerabilities, threats, attacks and
countermeasures. The novel schema can create a common framework that
converges knowledge with respect to any server type. More particularly,
the novel server security schema can address server categories including
a share, a service, an account, an audit and log, a file and directory, a
registry, a protocol, a port, and a patch and update category.