Hardware and Software Compliance Verification with Cryptographic Containers
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a lack of consensus on how to ensure that hardware and software products comply with the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) cybersecurity requirements, which are essential for protecting against vulnerabilities and attacks, and existing security measures are inadequate for maintaining robust cybersecurity.
Innovation Solution
A processor-based system is used to determine the compliance of hardware and software components with cybersecurity requirements by accessing cryptographically bound containers that store information about compliance, allowing verification of digital entities and ensuring they meet both product-agnostic and product-specific requirements, and dynamically monitoring interactions to maintain security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If products implement comprehensive cybersecurity measures to comply with CRA requirements, then security and reliability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A processor-based compliance verification system acts as an intermediary between hardware/software components and cybersecurity requirements. The system automatically determines compliance by accessing containers with compliance information, eliminating the need for complex manual verification processes while ensuring CRA compliance.
Solution Approach 2:
The compliance verification system enables products to self-verify their compliance status by accessing their own compliance information stored in containers. This self-service mechanism reduces the need for external verification complexity while maintaining comprehensive security measures.
2Reliability
If dynamic monitoring of interactions is implemented to maintain security, then reliability is improved, but use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs compliance verification and security monitoring at specific intervals rather than continuously. This periodic action maintains security reliability while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring, as the processor only activates when compliance checks or security events occur.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus may include a processor, the processor configured to: access a container cryptographically bound to a component of a digital entity, wherein the container comprises information representative of a compliance of the digital entity to cybersecurity requirements, wherein the component of the digital entity comprises a hardware component or a software component; determine, based on the information, a result representing whether the digital entity is compliant with the cybersecurity requirements; determine, based on the result, a verification state of the digital entity.