Compliance Server Change Correlation for Policy Test Failures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current compliance assessment methods fail to effectively correlate changes in computer network nodes with remediation processes, leading to incomplete or inaccurate compliance reporting and potential unnecessary changes.
Innovation Solution
A system where a compliance server, configured with compliance logic, detects changes in nodes and correlates them with remediation processes by storing change data in a database, generating event notifications, and applying compliance policies to ensure compliance, including the execution of remediation scripts and correlation of changes with remediation processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If remediation processes are executed to fix policy test failures, then compliance status is improved, but false positive test failures may occur due to uncorrelated changes
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring changes in nodes and correlating them with remediation processes. When a change is detected, the system checks whether it correlates with any remediation process, and this feedback information is used to adjust compliance test results accordingly, preventing false positives.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary correlation mechanism that sits between change detection and compliance assessment. This intermediary component analyzes whether detected changes are related to remediation processes, and only then allows the compliance assessment to proceed, thereby preventing false positive failures.
2Ease of operation
If compliance monitoring is performed without correlating changes to remediation, then monitoring simplicity is maintained, but compliance reporting accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically detecting changes, correlating them with remediation processes, and adjusting compliance assessments without requiring manual intervention. The compliance monitoring system serves itself by autonomously determining whether changes are related to remediation activities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by establishing a correlation framework before compliance assessments are performed. Change correlation data is collected and prepared in advance, so when compliance tests are run, the system already has the information needed to accurately interpret results without adding complexity to the monitoring process.
3Reliability
If change correlation with remediation processes is implemented, then false positive failures are reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges change correlation functionality with the existing compliance assessment system. Instead of creating a completely separate system, the correlation mechanism is integrated into the compliance monitoring architecture, allowing both functions to work together within a unified framework and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements multi-functionality by designing the correlation mechanism to serve multiple purposes: it tracks changes, correlates them with remediation processes, and uses this information to adjust compliance assessments. This universal approach allows a single component to perform multiple functions rather than requiring separate systems for each task.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and articles associated with correlating detected changes within a computer network with remediation processes performed in response to policy test failures. In embodiments, on determination that a failure of a policy test has occurred within a computer network having a number of nodes, a remediation process may be executed to remediate the failure. Change at a node may be detected. Further, the detected change may be correlated with the execution of the remediation process, and the correlation may be identified.