Distributed Network Security Node Assignment for Customer Data Isolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cybersecurity solutions for distributed organizations face challenges in ensuring data isolation, managing multiple systems, and maintaining performance and compliance with regional requirements, particularly in cloud-based systems.
Innovation Solution
A distributed network security system that integrates on-premise and cloud-based cybersecurity appliances, ensuring customer data isolation by assigning dedicated nodes for each customer, allowing flexible deployment strategies and providing a unified management interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If cloud-based cybersecurity systems are used to provide distributed security services, then scalability and centralized management are improved, but data isolation between customers deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements data isolation by assigning dedicated nodes to specific customers in the distributed network. Each node is configured to process network traffic only from its assigned customer, creating physical segmentation between customer data streams. This segmentation maintains scalability through the distributed node architecture while ensuring reliable data isolation through dedicated processing paths.
2Reliability
If dedicated nodes are assigned to each customer to ensure data isolation, then data isolation is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements data isolation by assigning dedicated nodes to specific customers in the distributed network. Each node is configured to process network traffic only from its assigned customer, creating physical segmentation between customer data streams. This segmentation maintains scalability through the distributed node architecture while ensuring reliable data isolation through dedicated processing paths.
3Reliability
If multiple cybersecurity systems are deployed across distributed networks, then security coverage is improved, but management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple distributed cybersecurity nodes into a unified management architecture. The controller coordinates all nodes and provides centralized management capabilities, consolidating what would otherwise be separate management systems into a single coordinated ecosystem. This reduces management complexity while maintaining comprehensive security coverage across the distributed network.
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AI summary
Techniques for delivering a distributed network security service providing isolation of customer data are described. One example method includes assigning a first node in a distributed network to a first customer; assigning a second node in the distributed network to a second customer; configuring the assigned first node to process network traffic only from the first customer; configuring the assigned second node to process network traffic only from the second customer; processing, by the assigned first node, network traffic associated with the first customer; and processing, by the assigned second node, network traffic associated with the second customer, wherein the network traffic of the first customer is isolated from the network traffic of the second customer, wherein the network traffic of the customers is kept isolated from one another.