Use Environment Estimation for Adaptive Network Security Settings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional security settings for information devices become inappropriate when used in diverse environments, leading to poor usability due to unavailability of previously accessible services upon detection of new network interfaces.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that estimates the use environment based on communication characteristics, notifies users of the estimation results, and checks network interface connections, allowing users to adjust settings accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If security settings are configured when a new network interface is detected, then security is improved, but usability deteriorates due to service unavailability
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs use environment estimation in advance when the device is in an unconnected state, before network interface detection triggers security settings configuration. This preliminary estimation allows the system to prepare appropriate security profiles ahead of time, so that when a new interface is detected and security settings are applied, the device can maintain service availability while implementing security measures.
2Extent of automation
If security settings are automatically configured, then security management is improved, but adaptability deteriorates due to rigid settings
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts security settings based on the estimated use environment. Instead of applying fixed automatic security configurations, the system estimates whether the device is in a home environment, office environment, or public environment, and adapts the security profile accordingly. This allows automatic configuration to remain efficient while the settings themselves become flexible and context-appropriate.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes security parameters based on the estimated use environment. Different environments (home, office, public) have different security parameter configurations, such as varying levels of access control, encryption requirements, or service restrictions. By modifying these parameters according to the estimated environment, the system achieves both automated management and environmental adaptability.
3Measurement precision
If use environment estimation is continuously executed, then environmental detection precision is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system executes use environment estimation periodically based on specific triggers rather than continuously. The estimation is performed when the device is in an unconnected state or when a new network interface is detected, rather than running constantly. This periodic execution maintains detection precision at critical moments while significantly reducing overall energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes at least one memory that stores a program and at least one processor that executes the program to execute, based on a communication characteristic of a target device, estimation of a use environment of the device, notify a user of a result of the estimation of the use environment of the device, and check a connection state of a network interface of the device. In a situation where it is determined that the connection state of the network interface is an unconnected state, the estimation is executed in a case where an execution instruction is received from a user, and the estimation is stopped in a case where a stop instruction is received from the user.