AI and Quantum Security System for Smart City IoT Threat Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current security systems in computing environments are inadequate in recognizing and mitigating threats, particularly in protecting sensitive data and devices from malicious attacks, including unauthorized access and data breaches, due to limitations in AI implementation and vulnerability to innovative attacks.

Innovation Solution

A comprehensive security system that monitors data traffic, employs AI and machine learning models to identify suspicious behavior, uses blockchain and quantum technologies for enhanced security, and integrates encryption and biometric authentication to prevent unauthorized access and protect data integrity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional security systems are used to monitor and protect data traffic, then basic security coverage is provided, but the systems fail to detect sophisticated malicious attacks and unauthorized access due to limitations in AI implementation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity effectivenessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple security technologies (AI, machine learning, blockchain, quantum encryption) into a composite security system that leverages the strengths of each component to achieve superior threat detection and mitigation capabilities while managing complexity through integrated architecture

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Measurement precision

If AI and machine learning models are implemented to identify suspicious behavior, then threat detection accuracy is improved, but the system becomes vulnerable to innovative attacks and requires more computational resources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvethreat detection accuracyVSAvoidcomputational resource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary AI analysis on data traffic patterns to establish baselines and detect anomalies before threats fully manifest, enabling early intervention with lower computational overhead compared to analyzing full-scale attacks

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If blockchain and quantum technologies are integrated for enhanced security, then data integrity and protection against emerging threats are improved, but device complexity and implementation difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata integrityVSAvoidimplementation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the security system into distinct functional modules (blockchain for integrity verification, quantum encryption for data protection, AI for threat detection) that can be independently implemented and scaled, reducing overall implementation complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

4Reliability

If comprehensive monitoring and analysis of data traffic is performed, then malicious activities are detected more effectively, but system performance and data processing speed may be reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemalicious activity detectionVSAvoiddata processing speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial monitoring by focusing computational resources on analyzing only the most suspicious or high-risk data traffic patterns identified by AI algorithms, rather than uniformly processing all data, thus maintaining detection effectiveness while preserving overall system performance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20230412626A1Systems and methods for cyber security and quantum encapsulation for smart cities and the internet of things
Publication Date: 2023.12.21 LOURDE WRIGHT HLDG LLC
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AI summary

Security systems and methods continuously monitor for known threats and proactively pursue information on emerging or unknown threats on devices and data. This disclosure relates generally to security systems for computing environments. More particularly, this disclosure relates to security systems for implementing a threat characteristic recognition and mitigation process in a computing environment, substantially as illustrated by and described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims