Universal Data Layer for Cybersecurity Element Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cybersecurity threats are constantly evolving, making existing cybersecurity measures ineffective as soon as a solution is implemented, and enterprises face challenges in managing diverse cybersecurity threat protection applications with different techniques, signals, and messages.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a universal data layer that integrates and transforms outputs and inputs of multiple cybersecurity threat protection applications, enabling automation workflows and dynamic swapping to adapt to new threats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple diverse cybersecurity threat protection applications are deployed to cover evolving threats, then cybersecurity coverage and protection capability are improved, but system complexity and difficulty of management increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal data layer that serves as a common interface for multiple diverse cybersecurity applications. This layer provides standardized data structures, schemas, and protocols that enable different threat protection applications (antivirus, phishing detection, threat hunting, etc.) to communicate uniformly. The universal data layer acts as an intermediary that translates application-specific data formats into a standardized format, allowing the system to manage diverse security tools without increasing operational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The universal data layer functions as an intermediary between diverse cybersecurity applications and the central management system. It includes components such as a data integration service that collects and normalizes data from various applications, a data transformation service that converts different data schemas into unified formats, and a data storage service that maintains standardized data structures. This intermediary layer shields the management system from the complexity of individual applications while preserving their diverse functionality.
2Reliability
If cybersecurity threat protection applications are frequently updated to address new threats, then protection effectiveness is improved, but operational disruption and system instability increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic swapping capabilities that allow cybersecurity applications to be updated, replaced, or rotated without disrupting overall system operations. The workflow management service orchestrates application lifecycle events such as installation, activation, deactivation, and removal. When a new threat protection application needs to be deployed, the system can dynamically swap it in coordination with the universal data layer, ensuring data continuity and minimizing operational disruption. This dynamic approach enables frequent updates while maintaining system stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements buffering mechanisms through the universal data layer that cushion against disruptions during application updates. The data integration service maintains data buffers and caches that continue to function during application transitions. Workflow definitions and templates are pre-configured to handle various states of application deployment, ensuring that updates do not cause unexpected failures. This beforehand cushioning allows frequent updates while protecting operational stability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If diverse cybersecurity applications with different data schemas are integrated, then comprehensive threat protection is achieved, but data integration and standardization difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements parameter transformation mechanisms that convert diverse data schemas into a unified format. The data transformation service includes schema mapping capabilities that translate application-specific data structures into the universal data layer's standardized schemas. Different data types, formats, and structures from various cybersecurity applications are systematically transformed into consistent parameters that the management system can process uniformly. This parameter standardization enables comprehensive integration of diverse applications without proportionally increasing integration complexity.
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AI summary
Disclosed techniques include cybersecurity threat management using element mapping. A plurality of cybersecurity threat protection applications is accessed. The cybersecurity threat protection applications include at least two different data management schemas. A first mapping of each of the plurality of cybersecurity threat protection applications is integrated. The first mapping includes a transformation of outputs of each of the plurality of cybersecurity threat protection applications. A second mapping of each of the plurality of cybersecurity threat protection applications is integrated. The second mapping includes a transformation of inputs of each of the plurality of cybersecurity threat protection applications. Cybersecurity is managed for a data network, based on data collected through the first mapping and data transmitted through the second mapping. The integrating a first mapping and a second mapping comprises a universal data layer for cybersecurity management. The universal data layer enables automation workflows for the data network.