Authentication Object Tracking for Zero Trust Forgery Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current zero trust network security implementations lack stateful, deterministic means for detecting authentication forgeries and fail to assess the proportion of network traffic and users that pose threats, leading to inadequate security in cloud-based networks.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for zero trust network security that includes stateful authentication object tracking, forgery detection, and authentication scoring, using a centralized database to analyze and score authentication objects, issuing warnings when toxicity exceeds a threshold.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If perimeter-based network security is used, then network protection is provided through firewalls and intrusion-prevention systems, but security is inadequate in cloud-based networks spanning multiple geographic regions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenetwork securityVSAvoidadaptability to cloud-based networks

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the network security approach by dividing authentication verification into multiple discrete steps (authentication object issuance, tracking, and validation) rather than relying on a single perimeter-based security layer. This enables security to be applied at each authentication step across distributed cloud environments.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transitions from two-dimensional perimeter-based security to multi-dimensional zero trust security by adding temporal dimension (tracking authentication objects over time) and spatial dimension (validating across multiple geographic regions and cloud environments), enabling comprehensive security in distributed networks.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Reliability

If current zero trust implementations are used, then network security is enhanced, but deterministic detection of authentication forgeries is not achieved

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveauthentication securityVSAvoidforgery detection precision

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by establishing a centralized database to track authentication objects before they are potentially forged or misused. By recording authentication objects at issuance and maintaining their state throughout their lifecycle, the system enables deterministic detection of forgeries through state validation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring authentication object state and comparing it against expected states in the centralized database. This feedback loop enables real-time detection of authentication forgeries and provides precise measurement of authentication validity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If authentication objects are tracked without centralized storage, then network performance is maintained, but stateful deterministic authentication object tracking is not achieved

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenetwork performanceVSAvoidauthentication verification

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a centralized authentication object database as an intermediary between authentication object issuance and verification. This mediator enables stateful tracking across the network while maintaining performance through efficient data structures and query optimization, resolving the contradiction between centralized verification and network performance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Device complexity

If proportion assessment of threats is not implemented, then network monitoring is simplified, but understanding of network security threats is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemonitoring system complexityVSAvoidthreat intelligence

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent enables the authentication object database to self-service by automatically tracking and assessing the proportion of different authentication object types and their associated threats. This automated assessment provides comprehensive threat intelligence without requiring complex manual monitoring systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12506715B2Network authentication toxicity assessment

Publication Date: 2025.12.23 QOMPLX INC

AI summary

A system and method for scoring and enforcing authentication standards that actually enable zero trust network security principles when combined with stateful authentication object tracking, authentication object manipulation and forgery detection, and assessment of authentication and identity attack surface. The methodology involves gathering all authentication objects issued by a network, storing the authentication objects in a centralized location for use in stateful deterministic authentication object tracking, scoring the completeness of the authentication observations, assessing the quality of the authentication observations, and assigning organization-specific penalty functions.