Distributed AI Security Agents for P2P Network Threat Mitigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cybersecurity approaches fail to secure data 'at rest' and lack real-time threat detection and mitigation capabilities in network devices, leading to ineffective protection against cyber-attacks, especially in peer-to-peer data networks.
Innovation Solution
A distributed artificial intelligence (AI) based security suite is deployed in each network device, comprising a guardian, sentinel, and navigator security agent for real-time protection, threat detection, and secure connection management, enabling AI-based expert operations, machine learning, and autonomic synchronization to secure data both at rest and in transit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional cybersecurity approaches are used, then data transmission can be protected, but data at rest remains vulnerable and real-time threat detection is unavailable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments security protection into three distinct functional modules: guardian security agent for data at rest protection, sentinel security agent for real-time threat detection, and navigator security agent for secure connection management. Each agent operates independently with specialized functions, allowing comprehensive security coverage across different data states and threat scenarios without requiring a monolithic security system.
2Measurement precision
If cybersecurity systems monitor all network devices, then threat detection improves, but system complexity and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
Each network device autonomously executes its own security agents (guardian, sentinel, navigator) that perform self-diagnosis, self-protection, and self-monitoring functions. The distributed architecture allows each device to independently detect and respond to threats without requiring centralized control, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high threat detection accuracy through local intelligence.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements location-specific security functions where each network device has customized security agents tailored to its specific role and data characteristics. The guardian agent protects local stored data, the sentinel agent monitors local threat conditions, and the navigator agent manages local connection security, allowing precise threat detection without uniform complexity across all devices.
3Speed
If real-time threat detection is implemented, then response time improves, but computational energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sentinel security agent implements periodic scanning and monitoring cycles rather than continuous analysis, checking for threats at optimized intervals. This periodic action maintains real-time threat detection capability while reducing computational energy consumption compared to constant monitoring, allowing the system to balance speed and energy efficiency dynamically.
4Reliability
If distributed security agents are deployed in each device, then security coverage improves, but device resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The security agents (guardian, sentinel, navigator) are designed as universal multi-functional components that can be deployed across different types of network devices regardless of their specific functions. Each agent performs multiple security tasks simultaneously (protection, detection, management), allowing comprehensive security coverage without proportionally increasing device resource requirements through specialized dedicated components.
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AI summary
In one embodiment, a method comprises: monitoring, by a first security agent executed within a network device, for real-time detection of a cyber threat in the network device, the network device configured for secure communications in a secure peer-to-peer data network, the monitoring including detecting a detected cyber threat; communicating by the first security agent with at least one notified agent about the detected cyber threat, the at least one notified agent one of a second security agent executed within the network device, or a corresponding first security agent in a second network device having a two-way trusted relationship with the network device in the secure peer-to-peer data network; and executing, by the first security agent, a corrective action to at least mitigate the cyber threat based on the communicating with the at least one notified agent of the detected cyber threat.