Cyber-threat Device Automating Threat Data Standardization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for managing cyber threats are hindered by incompatible formats and distribution methods, limiting the rapid and scalable sharing of cyber-threat information across communities, which is essential for effective defense against sophisticated cyber-aggressors.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for automated collection, processing, and distribution of cyber-threat information across various formats, using a cyber-threat device that integrates accessing, processing, and distributing components to convert and report cyber-threat information into a standardized format, enabling rapid detection and response.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If automated machine-to-machine transmission of cyber-threat information is implemented, then rapid response and scalability are achieved, but incompatible formats and lack of standardization prevent widespread distribution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal standardized format (STIX) that enables cyber-threat information to be exchanged across diverse communities and platforms. The system can both receive information in various community-specific formats and convert them to the standardized format, making the distribution mechanism universally compatible while maintaining rapid automated transmission capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a standardized format acting as an intermediary between different cyber-threat information formats. The system receives information in community-specific formats, converts them to the standardized format through processing components, and then distributes them. This intermediary standardized format resolves incompatibility issues while preserving the speed benefits of automated transmission.
2Productivity
If community-specific automated exchange is used, then rapid automated transmission is achieved within the community, but distribution is restricted to members of the same community
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal distribution system that maintains the automation efficiency of community-specific exchanges while extending distribution scope across multiple communities. The standardized format enables the same automated processing and distribution infrastructure to serve multiple communities simultaneously, breaking down barriers between communities while preserving automation benefits.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual person-to-person distribution methods are used, then format compatibility is maintained through human intervention, but rapid response and scalability are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual person-to-person distribution mechanisms with automated machine-to-machine transmission. The system uses processing components to automatically handle format conversion and distribution, eliminating the need for human intervention while maintaining format compatibility through standardized processing. This substitution achieves both automation speed and format handling capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the operational parameters of information distribution from manual processing to automated processing with standardized formats. By establishing a standardized format and automated conversion processes, the system achieves machine-speed transmission while maintaining the flexibility to handle various input formats through systematic parameter standardization.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for automated retrieval, processing, and/or distribution of cyber-threat information using a cyber-threat device. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, the cyber-threat device may receive cyber-threat information in first formats from internal sources of cyber-threat information using an accessing component of the cyber-threat device. The cyber-threat device may receive cyber-threat information second formats from external sources of cyber-threat information using an accessing component of the cyber-threat device. The cyber-threat device may process the received cyber-threat information in the first formats and the second formats into a standard format using a processing component of the cyber-threat device. The cyber-threat device may provide the processed items of cyber-threat information to a distributor using a distributing component of the cyber-threat device. The cyber-threat device may automatically report information concerning the processed items of cyber-threat information to a device of a user with a reporting component of the cyber-threat device.