Cybersecurity Impact Scoring for Adaptive Threat Response
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cybersecurity threats are constantly evolving, making it challenging for enterprises to effectively manage and respond to them, as existing preventative measures alone do not provide universal protection, and cybercriminals adapt their techniques to bypass these measures.
Innovation Solution
Implementing cybersecurity threat management using impact scoring, where a dynamically assigned impact score is based on device, user, and asset information, allowing for tailored responses to detected threats through a combination of automated and human intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional preventative cybersecurity measures are implemented, then basic security protection is provided, but they do not provide universal protection against evolving threats
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic impact scoring that automatically adjusts threat priority based on real-time analysis of multiple factors including asset criticality, vulnerability severity, and threat actor capability. This dynamic reevaluation allows the system to adapt to evolving threats without manual intervention, resolving the contradiction between maintaining reliable security measures and achieving versatility against new threat types.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes multiple parameters simultaneously to assess threats comprehensively: asset criticality weights, vulnerability severity scores, threat actor capability levels, and potential impact metrics. By dynamically adjusting these parameters based on incoming intelligence and observed patterns, the system provides universal protection across diverse threat scenarios while maintaining focused response on high-impact risks.
2Measurement precision
If comprehensive threat analysis is performed on all notifications, then accurate risk assessment is achieved, but response time is significantly delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the comprehensive threat analysis into hierarchical tiers: immediate automated scoring for all notifications, enhanced analysis for high-impact threats, and detailed investigation only for critical cases. This segmentation enables accurate risk assessment through progressive deepening of analysis only where necessary, maintaining fast response times for low-risk threats while ensuring thorough evaluation for high-risk scenarios.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies partial comprehensive analysis by performing full impact scoring on all threats but only executing additional context gathering and expert review for threats exceeding specific impact thresholds. This partial action approach achieves accurate risk assessment for all notifications while concentrating time-intensive resources only on threats requiring detailed analysis, thereby maintaining overall fast response times.
3Measurement precision
If manual review of all threat notifications is conducted, then thorough evaluation is achieved, but productivity and response speed decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements automated impact scoring that performs thorough threat evaluation independently without requiring manual review for every notification. The system self-assigns priority levels, identifies required responses, and triggers appropriate workflows automatically. Manual human expertise is reserved only for exceptional cases requiring judgment beyond algorithmic assessment, thereby maintaining thorough evaluation through automation while preserving high productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback loops where automated impact scoring results are continuously refined based on analyst corrections, outcome validation, and emerging threat intelligence. This feedback mechanism enables the automated system to improve its evaluation thoroughness over time without increasing manual review burden, maintaining both precision and productivity simultaneously through learning and adaptation.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple cybersecurity applications are integrated, then comprehensive threat detection is achieved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal impact scoring framework that serves multiple functions simultaneously: it evaluates threats from different sources, assesses varied asset types, determines response priorities, and guides remediation workflows. This single multi-functional scoring mechanism integrates multiple cybersecurity applications through a common evaluation language, achieving comprehensive threat detection coverage while avoiding the complexity of separate integration architectures for each application.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed techniques include cybersecurity threat management using impact scoring. A plurality of cybersecurity threat protection applications is accessed. A first cybersecurity threat notification is received from one of the plurality of cybersecurity threat protection applications. An impact score is dynamically assigned to the first cybersecurity threat notification, wherein the assigning an impact score is based on information about a device for which the first cybersecurity threat notification was received. The impact score is weighted based on an evaluation of a user of the device for which the first cybersecurity threat notification was received. The weighting is further based on evaluation of device owners and evaluation of an asset. The information about a device and information about one or more users of the device comprise impact score metadata. The first cybersecurity threat notification is responded to, based on the impact score. The dynamically assigning includes the impact score metadata.