SECURITY VIOLATION ASSESSMENT TOOL TO COMPARE NEW VIOLATION WITH EXISTING VIOLATION

A method comprises receiving a notification of a new system violation and classifying, based on characteristics of the new system violation, the new system violation as one or more of: an access violation; a configurational violation; an unauthorized modification; a usage violation; and an unsecured surface violation. The method also comprises comparing the new system violation in combination with one or more of a plurality of existing system violations to a plurality of entries and determining, based on the comparison of the new system violation and the one or more plurality of existing system violations to the plurality of entries, whether the new system violation threatens the system.