Isolated Digital Asset Integrity Checks Using Self-Deleting Scripts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for evaluating system integrity of isolated digital assets are vulnerable to adversarial penetration and require complex, resource-intensive processes, making them inefficient and insecure.
Innovation Solution
A self-contained method using two scripts that perform localized integrity evaluations, generating unique and immutable properties, and creating an aggregated immutable property list, which are then validated to ensure data integrity, with the scripts removing themselves after execution to minimize vulnerability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If current methods store immutable properties in safe spaces with controlled access and obfuscated forms, then security against adversarial penetration is improved, but device complexity and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the immutable property (checksum) from the digital asset and stores it separately in a safe space, isolating the critical integrity verification data from the main asset. This extraction allows the asset to be verified without requiring the entire system to be secure, reducing overall complexity while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary verification process where the stored immutable property acts as a mediator between the digital asset and the verification mechanism. This intermediary allows integrity checks without direct access to the asset's internal structure, simplifying the verification process while maintaining security.
2Measurement precision
If current methods implement comprehensive integrity evaluation, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time and productivity decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential immutable property (checksum) for verification purposes, rather than evaluating the entire digital asset. This extraction enables rapid integrity checks by comparing only the critical hash value against the stored reference, achieving high measurement precision with minimal time investment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies partial action by performing only the necessary integrity verification step (checksum comparison) rather than comprehensive asset analysis. This partial evaluation is sufficient for integrity purposes and dramatically reduces evaluation time while maintaining adequate precision for security requirements.
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AI summary
A device, method, and computer readable medium for conducting data integrity analyses is disclosed. Illustratively, the method includes transmitting a first script to a target device. The target device is at least in part isolated from an enterprise storing data elements on the target device to isolate them from subsystems of the enterprise. In some examples, the data elements may comprise data generated through machine learning. The first script includes instructions to search a target device for one or more properties, to create a data file based on found properties, to create a unique immutable property based on each data file, and to create an aggregated immutable property list for all data files generated by the first script. The first script is configured to locally store information generated by the first script upon execution, and remove the first script after execution. The method includes transmitting a second script, complementary to the first script, to evaluate integrity of information generated by the first script.