Cloud Security Intermediary for Third-Party Data Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cloud computing platforms face security challenges when deploying resources in third-party locations over which they have no control, necessitating additional security measures to monitor and respond to potential threats effectively.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that uses physical and logical security mechanisms to monitor for suspicious activity, calculates a health score, and performs remediations such as rebooting servers to protect customer data, while providing notifications and options for remediating potential breaches.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If cloud resources are deployed in third-party locations, then resource availability and customer access are improved, but security control and threat monitoring capability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces security mechanisms including sensors, monitoring systems, and intermediaries between the cloud resources and third-party locations. These intermediaries enable the cloud provider to maintain security control and monitor threats remotely, resolving the contradiction between deployment flexibility and security control.
2Reliability
If additional security mechanisms are deployed, then security monitoring and threat detection are improved, but system complexity and operational overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-functional security mechanisms that perform multiple tasks simultaneously. For example, sensors not only detect physical threats but also monitor environmental conditions, and the system integrates health scoring, automated remediation, and customer notification functions into a unified platform, reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates automated remediation capabilities that respond to security threats without requiring constant human intervention. The health scoring system and automated response mechanisms enable the system to self-manage security incidents, reducing operational overhead while maintaining high security monitoring standards.
3Speed
If real-time security monitoring is implemented, then threat detection speed is improved, but resource consumption and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements health scoring systems that prioritize security monitoring based on risk levels. Not all resources are monitored with the same intensity at all times - the system adjusts monitoring depth and frequency based on detected threat levels, customer preferences, and resource criticality, reducing processing overhead while maintaining rapid threat detection capability.
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AI summary
Security can be provided for data stored using resources that are deployed in an environment managed by a third party. Physical and logical detection mechanisms can be used to monitor various security aspects, and the resulting security data can be used to identify potential threats to these resources. In some embodiments, suspicious activity can cause resources such as data servers to be automatically and remotely rebooted such that keys stored in volatile memory on those data servers will be lost from those servers, such that an attacker will be unable to decrypt data stored on those servers. Once a determination of safety is made, the keys can be provided to the respective data servers such that data operations can resume.