Contextual Security Training Prompts for Enterprise User Flows

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional cybersecurity training sessions are often lengthy and generic, failing to address specific user needs, leading to inefficiency and reduced effectiveness.

Innovation Solution

A computing platform monitors user devices for cybersecurity training triggering events, generates targeted training session prompts, and evaluates user responses to update cybersecurity scores, providing dynamic and interactive training.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If conventional lengthy training sessions are deployed to users, then comprehensive cybersecurity coverage is achieved, but user engagement and effectiveness deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetraining content coverageVSAvoiduser engagement
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments comprehensive cybersecurity training into multiple short, focused micro-learning modules that are delivered contextually. Instead of presenting users with lengthy training sessions covering all cybersecurity topics, the system divides content into bite-sized units that address specific security concepts relevant to each user's actions, maintaining engagement while ensuring comprehensive coverage over time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The training system dynamically adapts content delivery based on user behavior, device events, and real-time context. The system adjusts which training modules are presented, when they are presented, and in what format, transforming static comprehensive training into a dynamic, responsive learning experience that maintains user engagement while covering necessary security topics

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of manufacture

If generic training content is deployed to all users, then implementation simplicity is maintained, but training effectiveness for specific user needs deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetraining deployment simplicityVSAvoidtraining effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by customizing training content according to each user's specific needs, role, device type, and observed behavior patterns. Instead of uniform generic training, each user receives tailored micro-learning modules that address their particular security risks and knowledge gaps, significantly improving training effectiveness while maintaining scalable deployment through automated personalization

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Device complexity

If standalone training modules are deployed, then training delivery is simplified, but relevance to specific user contexts deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetraining system complexityVSAvoidtraining contextual relevance
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors user actions, device events, and training responses to gather feedback about user needs and knowledge gaps. This feedback loop enables the system to dynamically adjust and personalize training content, ensuring high contextual relevance to each user's specific situation while maintaining relatively simple standalone module delivery mechanisms

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP3989505B1Dynamically injecting security awareness training prompts into enterprise user flows
Publication Date: 2025.12.17 PROOFPOINT INC
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AI summary

Aspects of the disclosure relate to dynamic cybersecurity event detection and training functions. A computing platform may monitor (602) a plurality of user devices to detect (604) a cybersecurity training triggering event. In response to the detection, one or more cybersecurity training session prompts may be generated (612) and transmitted (614) to one or more user devices. User input providing a response to the cybersecurity training session prompt may be evaluated (618) for accuracy and scored (620) for the cybersecurity training session. In some examples, an overall cybersecurity score for a user may be maintained and modified based on the score for the cybersecurity training session. One or more modifications may be identified and executed based on the scores generated.