Capture System Configuration Management for Network Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current computer network systems lack the capability to capture, analyze, and store data packets effectively, failing to secure sensitive information and enforce corporate policies regarding intellectual property and network security.
Innovation Solution
A capture system that intercepts data packets, reconstructs documents, and employs object classification using content signatures, grammar analysis, statistical methods, and biometrics to identify and manage sensitive content, integrating with a registration module to prevent unauthorized document transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a capture system is deployed to intercept and analyze data packets, then network security and policy enforcement are improved, but system complexity and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The capture system is divided into multiple independent components: packet interceptors distributed across network nodes, signature-based detection modules, grammar analysis engines, statistical analysis units, and biometric authentication systems. Each component performs a specific function, allowing the system to scale and manage complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces configuration management servers and policy enforcement points as intermediary components that coordinate between the capture system and network infrastructure. These intermediaries handle complex configuration distribution, update management, and policy translation, reducing the burden on individual capture nodes while maintaining overall system security.
2Measurement precision
If multiple analysis methods (content signatures, grammar analysis, statistical methods, biometrics) are employed to identify sensitive content, then identification accuracy is improved, but processing time and computational load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary filtering using fast signature matching against known sensitive content patterns before applying more computationally intensive grammar analysis, statistical methods, or biometric verification. This hierarchical approach ensures that only packets requiring deep analysis are subjected to multiple analysis methods, reducing overall processing time while maintaining high identification accuracy for sensitive content.
Solution Approach 2:
Different analysis methods are applied selectively based on the specific characteristics and risk level of the captured content. For example, biometric analysis is applied only to documents requiring high-level authentication, while simpler signature matching handles routine traffic. This localized application of analysis quality optimizes the balance between accuracy and processing efficiency.
3Stability of the object's composition
If configuration management is implemented across multiple capture systems, then policy consistency and system coordination are improved, but communication overhead and management complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts configuration management functions from individual capture systems and centralizes them in dedicated configuration management servers. These servers maintain the master policy definitions, signature databases, and system configuration information, distributing only necessary updates to capture nodes. This extraction reduces communication overhead by eliminating redundant configuration exchanges while ensuring policy consistency across the distributed capture system network.
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AI summary
A method, apparatus, and system is described for distributing a rule to a distributed capture system and storing the rule in a global configuration database, wherein the rule defines an action for the distributed capture system to perform regarding packets intercepted by the distributed capture system.