Dynamic Security Parameter Management for Communications Sessions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of communications networks face challenges in determining optimal security settings due to the complexity of available technical mechanisms, requiring considerable expertise to choose the best security options for their communications sessions.
Innovation Solution
A method for dynamically assigning security parameters during a communications session, which involves detecting changing aspects, determining appropriate security parameters, and repeatedly updating them based on endpoint and network information, customer preferences, and the software applications used, to provide a variable degree of security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If security parameters are manually configured by users, then security control is possible, but user expertise is required and configuration is complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically monitors communication sessions and adjusts security parameters without requiring user intervention. The security management system independently detects session characteristics, evaluates security risks, and configures appropriate security measures, enabling the system to serve itself rather than requiring expert user configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes security parameters based on detected session characteristics and risk assessments. Rather than using fixed manual configurations, the system continuously adjusts encryption levels, authentication requirements, and monitoring intensity according to real-time conditions, transforming static security settings into adaptive parameter changes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If security parameters are dynamically adjusted, then security adaptability improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where security outcomes are monitored and used to adjust future security parameter selections. The system evaluates the effectiveness of applied security measures and uses this feedback to refine its decision-making, enabling adaptive security without requiring complex manual intervention at each decision point.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary security management system that sits between the communication applications and the underlying security infrastructure. This intermediary automatically translates high-level security requirements into specific technical parameters, shielding users from complexity while enabling sophisticated adaptive security through the mediating layer.
3Measurement precision
If security monitoring is continuous, then security detection capability improves, but processing resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies partial monitoring strategies where full-security-level monitoring is applied only when risk indicators are detected, rather than continuously applying maximum monitoring resources. Normal communications receive baseline monitoring, while suspicious activities trigger enhanced monitoring, optimizing the balance between detection capability and resource consumption.
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AI summary
A method of managing security parameters for a communications session includes dynamically assigning security parameters during the communications session responsive to changing aspects of the communications session to provide a variable degree of security for the session. Related systems and computer program products are also discussed.