Adaptive Threat Search for AI-Based Security Event Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing threat mitigation systems struggle to effectively address the increasing complexity of computer attacks due to their reliance on predefined rules and signature-based detection, which are limited in identifying new and evolving threats.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an AI/ML process that learns from data and adapts over time to identify unusual patterns and behaviors, enhancing the detection and response to security events across multiple computing systems and subsystems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If predefined rules and signature-based detection are used, then the system is simple to implement, but it cannot effectively identify new and evolving threats
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical rule-based detection systems with AI/ML-based automated detection systems. The AI/ML models learn patterns from historical security data and automatically identify threats without requiring manual rule configuration, thereby improving detection accuracy for novel threats while reducing the burden of system maintenance.
Solution Approach 2:
The AI/ML system performs self-learning and self-improvement by continuously analyzing security events and updating its detection models. The system automatically adapts to new threat patterns without requiring external intervention or manual rule updates, enabling it to effectively identify evolving threats while maintaining operational simplicity.
2Measurement precision
If AI/ML processes are implemented to identify unusual patterns, then detection precision improves, but computational resources and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies AI/ML detection selectively to specific security events and data types where pattern recognition provides the most value. Rather than analyzing all possible data with complex models, the system focuses computational resources on high-priority detection tasks, achieving high precision while controlling computational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The detection system is divided into multiple specialized AI/ML models, each trained for specific threat types or data sources. This segmentation allows the system to achieve high detection precision for various threat categories while managing overall computational complexity by distributing processing loads across multiple simpler, specialized models rather than one large complex model.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for defining a target result set size; executing an initial search on a data set to generate an initial result set; comparing the size of the initial result set to the target result set size; if the size of the initial result set is compatible with the target result set size, providing the initial result set to a requesting entity; and if the size of the initial result set is not compatible with the target result set size, revising the initial search to generate a revised search that is executed on the data set to generate a revised result set.


