Automated Analysis System for Computer Security Evaluation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current computer systems face challenges in effectively evaluating and maintaining their security and functionality due to hardware degradation, software updates, and cyber-attacks, which can lead to significant costs and operational disruptions.
Innovation Solution
An analysis system that evaluates computer systems by assessing their understanding, implementation, and operation of security protocols, identifying deficiencies, and providing auto-correction measures to enhance protection, detection, response, and recovery capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If hardware components are used in computer systems, then the system can perform its intended functions, but the hardware degrades over time and becomes incapable of performing its intended functions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by proactively evaluating hardware components before they fail. The system continuously monitors and assesses the condition of hardware components, identifying potential failures before they occur, allowing for preventive maintenance and replacement before the hardware becomes incapable of performing its intended functions.
2Reliability
If software components are updated regularly to ensure proper functionality, then the system maintains operational capability, but the knowledge requirements for servicing the system outstrip the abilities of the IT department or third-party provider
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by enabling the system to evaluate and assess its own components automatically without requiring extensive human expertise. The automated evaluation system performs complex assessments of hardware and software components, generating reports and identifying issues that would otherwise require highly knowledgeable personnel to detect and diagnose.
3Productivity
If a single cyber-attack occurs, then the system can be made inoperable, but the cost to restore and remedy the system can reach many millions of dollars
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by proactively identifying vulnerabilities and assessing security weaknesses before cyber-attacks occur. The system evaluates security measures, identifies potential attack vectors, and recommends corrective actions to strengthen defenses, allowing organizations to address security issues before they can be exploited by attackers.
4Measurement precision
If the analysis system evaluates system aspects based on evaluation aspects and rating metrics, then the protection evaluation is improved, but the complexity of the evaluation process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by breaking down the complex evaluation process into distinct, manageable components. The system divides the evaluation into multiple aspects (protection, detection, response, recovery) with specific rating metrics for each, allowing for systematic assessment of different security functions independently while maintaining overall coherence.
Data Source
AI summary
Operating an analysis system that includes one or more computing entities by installing a system user interface module on a system to be evaluated, installing a data extraction module on the system to be evaluated and establishing at least one secure data pipeline between the analysis system and the system to be evaluated to service communications between the analysis system and the system user interface module and the analysis system and the data extraction module. The method further includes determining analysis parameters for the system to be evaluated, identifying assets of the system to be evaluated based upon the analysis parameters, receiving data from the data extraction module, via the at least one secure data pipeline and based upon the analysis parameters, the data regarding the assets of the system to be evaluated, and processing the data based upon the analysis parameters to produce one or more evaluation outputs.