Cybersecurity Appliance Extension for Remote Threat Response
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cybersecurity systems require users to interact with cybersecurity appliances directly to review and respond to threats, which can be cumbersome and inefficient, especially in managing autonomous responses to cyber threats.
Innovation Solution
An AI-based cybersecurity system with an appliance extension that allows users to monitor, investigate, and respond to cyber threats remotely through a mobile application, providing a secure and interactive user interface for controlling autonomous actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users interact with cybersecurity appliances directly to review and respond to threats, then security response accuracy is maintained, but operational efficiency deteriorates due to cumbersome procedures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mobile application as an intermediary between users and the cybersecurity appliance. This intermediary provides a simplified user interface that abstracts complex security operations, allowing users to monitor, investigate, and respond to threats remotely without directly interacting with the appliance's complex interface, thereby improving operational efficiency while maintaining security response accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the cybersecurity operation into distinct functional modules: threat monitoring, threat investigation, and autonomous response. Each module can be independently accessed and controlled through the mobile application, allowing users to perform specific tasks efficiently without navigating through the entire complex system, thus improving ease of operation
2Speed
If autonomous response modules are deployed to counter cyber threats automatically, then response speed is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements autonomous response modules that can automatically counter cyber threats without human intervention. These modules monitor system metrics and alerts, independently determine appropriate countermeasures, and execute responses autonomously, thereby improving threat response speed while the modular design keeps system complexity manageable
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the autonomous response module continuously monitors the effects of its actions and adjusts its behavior accordingly. This feedback loop allows the system to maintain simple decision-making rules while achieving effective autonomous response, balancing response speed with manageable complexity
3Ease of operation
If remote access to cybersecurity functions is enabled via mobile application, then ease of operation is improved, but security risks may increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile application serves as a secure intermediary that implements authentication and authorization protocols before allowing access to cybersecurity functions. It acts as a controlled interface that enables remote access while maintaining security through encrypted communications and authenticated user sessions, thus improving ease of operation without compromising system security
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AI summary
In an embodiment, an apparatus is described. The apparatus comprises an appliance extension configured to perform functions with i) a monitoring module configured to monitor metrics and receive alerts regarding potential cyber threats on a system including an email system, ii) an investigative module configured to retrieve the metrics and alerts, and iii) a remote response module configured observe the metrics and alerts and send one or more control signals to an autonomous response module to take one or more actions to counter one or more detected cyber threats on the system remotely from the appliance extension. The apparatus extension is configured to display one or more of the metrics, alerts, and one or more actions of the remote response module on an interactive user interface, the interactive user interface being configured to receive one or more user inputs from a user to control or modify the one or more actions, where the appliance extension is further configured to provide a secure extension of a second user interface of a cyber security appliance installed in the system.