Cybersecurity Alert Similarity Detection for Faster Threat Mitigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge of scaling cybersecurity threat detection and mitigation systems to handle the increasing volume of security threats in cloud-based environments without causing technical inefficiencies that hinder threat detection and response.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for intelligent cybersecurity alert similarity detection and handling, utilizing a security alert engine with machine learning and automated investigation workflows to identify, convert alerts into vector representations, and execute threat mitigation actions based on historical alerts, enabling real-time threat response.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If security operation services scale to mirror the growth of security threats, then the ability to protect computing and digital assets improves, but technical inefficiencies increase that prevent or slow down threat detection and response
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the large volume of cybersecurity alerts into smaller, manageable groups using clustering algorithms. Similar alerts are clustered together based on their characteristics, allowing the system to process and analyze them in batches rather than individually, thus improving efficiency while maintaining comprehensive security coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates simplified representations or copies of alert patterns through clustering. Instead of processing every individual alert in detail, the system generates cluster summaries that capture the essential characteristics of groups of similar alerts, enabling faster analysis while preserving the ability to detect and respond to actual threats
2Quantity of substance
If the volume of security operation services increases to handle more threats, then security coverage improves, but technical inefficiencies prevent or slow down threat detection
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary clustering and grouping of alerts based on their characteristics before detailed analysis. By pre-organizing alerts into clusters of similarity, the system reduces the time required for subsequent detection and response activities, as analysts and automated systems can focus on representative samples rather than every individual alert
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the large volume of security threats into segmented clusters based on shared characteristics. This segmentation allows parallel processing of multiple clusters and enables the system to handle increased volumes of threats without proportionally increasing detection time, as each cluster can be analyzed independently and efficiently
3Area of stationary object
If security services scale to protect more computing resources, then security coverage improves, but response speed to detected threats slows down
Solution Approach 1:
The patent generates cluster summaries and representative samples that serve as copies of the essential threat characteristics. These simplified representations enable rapid response decisions to be made based on cluster-level analysis rather than requiring detailed examination of every individual alert, thus maintaining fast response speeds even as security coverage expands to protect more computing resources
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AI summary
A system and method for generating event-specific handling instructions for accelerating a threat mitigation of a cybersecurity event includes identifying a cybersecurity event; generating a cybersecurity event digest based on the cybersecurity event, computing a cybersecurity hashing-based signature of the cybersecurity event based on the cybersecurity event digest; searching, based on the distinct cybersecurity hashing-based signature of the cybersecurity event, an n-dimensional space comprising a plurality of historical cybersecurity event hashing-based signatures; returning one or more historical cybersecurity events or historical cybersecurity alerts homogeneous to the cybersecurity event based on the search; deriving one or more cybersecurity event-specific handling actions for the cybersecurity event based on identifying a threat handling action corresponding to each of the one or more historical cybersecurity events or historical cybersecurity alerts homogeneous to the cybersecurity event; and executing one or more cybersecurity threat mitigation actions to resolve or mitigate the cybersecurity event.