Cyber Attack Assessment Platform for Asset Risk and Financial Impact
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Solution Overview
Problem
Larger organizations face difficulties in accurately assessing their cyber preparedness and potential financial impact from cyber attacks due to the complexity of their networks and the ever-evolving nature of cyber threats, making it challenging to implement effective controls and measure risk accurately.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for modeling cyber attack preparedness and financial losses using Monte Carlo simulation, threat landscape analysis, and cyber maturity status, which includes an assessment platform to evaluate control maturity, threat activity levels, and probability of success, providing a comprehensive risk assessment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If comprehensive security controls are implemented in large organizations, then security coverage is improved, but system complexity and difficulty of assessment increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex network into discrete assets, controls, and threat scenarios that can be individually assessed and aggregated. This allows comprehensive security coverage while managing complexity through modular assessment units.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an assessment platform as an intermediary that mediates between the complex security controls and the assessment process. This platform standardizes the assessment of controls across complex networks, making them measurable and comparable.
2Measurement precision
If detailed risk assessment is performed, then measurement precision is improved, but assessment time and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-defining threat scenarios, attack methods, and control effectiveness relationships. This preparation enables detailed risk assessment to be conducted more efficiently during actual assessments, reducing on-site time while maintaining precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes parameters by using standardized metrics and scoring systems for control effectiveness and threat severity. This standardization maintains measurement precision while enabling faster comparison and aggregation across different assets and controls.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple threat scenarios are evaluated, then comprehensiveness of risk assessment is improved, but device complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal assessment framework that can evaluate multiple threat scenarios using the same core methodology. The assessment platform is designed to handle diverse threats (malware, phishing, password attacks, etc.) through a unified approach, reducing system complexity while maintaining comprehensive coverage.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for assessing cyber attack preparedness associated with organizations. One example computer-implemented method includes accessing data of the organization and calculating control maturity scores for controls of the organization. The method also includes determining threat activity level(s) for combinations of attacker(s) and attack method(s) to the organization; determining a probability of success for the attack method(s) based on: a stop factor for the organization, a correlation(s) between the attacker(s) and attack method(s), and the controls; and determining threat levels for the assets of the organization for each of a plurality of cyber attack scenarios. The method further includes calculating a risk score range for each of the assets, calculating a financial impact range for the organization based on the risk score ranges, and displaying an interface(s) including the risk score range(s) for the asset(s) of the organization and/or for the organization, along with the financial impact.