Cybersecurity Risk Management Tool Using Maturity Levels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Organizations face challenges in effectively implementing and improving cybersecurity due to the overwhelming number of cybersecurity standards and policies, leading to difficulties in assessing and prioritizing risk management and resource allocation.
Innovation Solution
A cybersecurity risk management tool that categorizes cybersecurity framework security controls into maturity indicator levels, performs cost-benefit analyses using factored weights, and provides a user interface for assessing vulnerabilities and prioritizing correction plans, leveraging the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and Gaussian distributions to guide efficient resource allocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If comprehensive cybersecurity standards and policies are implemented, then cybersecurity coverage and protection level are improved, but system complexity and implementation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments cybersecurity standards into discrete control categories (access control, encryption, authentication, etc.) that can be independently assessed and implemented. This allows organizations to break down the overwhelming comprehensive standards into manageable segments while maintaining complete coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces maturity levels as a parameter transformation mechanism, mapping implementation completeness to standardized maturity stages. This transforms the complex assessment of whether controls are implemented into a simplified parameter evaluation, reducing implementation difficulty while maintaining comprehensive security coverage.
2Measurement precision
If detailed cybersecurity assessments are performed, then risk identification accuracy is improved, but assessment time and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms detailed control implementation assessments into maturity level parameters, enabling rapid evaluation of security posture. By mapping multiple detailed controls to standardized maturity stages, the system achieves high-risk identification accuracy without requiring exhaustive manual assessment of each individual control.
Solution Approach 2:
The maturity level assessment framework serves as an intermediary between detailed control implementations and high-level risk identification. This intermediary layer aggregates detailed control states into maturity parameters, enabling accurate risk assessment without direct analysis of every individual control, thereby reducing assessment time.
3Productivity
If resource allocation is optimized based on risk priority, then cybersecurity efficiency is improved, but complexity of resource management increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms complex resource allocation decisions into maturity level-based prioritization. By converting detailed security gaps into standardized maturity parameters, the system enables efficient resource allocation through clear maturity comparisons, reducing the complexity of managing security investments while optimizing cybersecurity productivity.
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AI summary
Techniques and apparatuses are described for a cybersecurity risk management tool to assess cybersecurity risk and prioritize cybersecurity correction plans. The cybersecurity risk management tool categorizes cybersecurity framework security controls into maturity indicator levels, identifies implementation states achieved by an entity with respect to the cybersecurity framework security controls, and determines which of the maturity indicator levels represents the implementation state achieved by the entity with respect to each of the cybersecurity framework security controls. A cost-benefit analysis for modifying from the implementation state achieved by the entity to a next implementation state to be achieved by the entity with respect to the cybersecurity framework security controls is also enabled. The cost-benefit analysis leverages factored weights including aspects indicative of security perspectives, Gaussian distributions, and the maturity indicator levels.