Automated IT Stack Security Control Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
IT environments face challenges in configuring optimal security controls across complex IT stacks due to conflicting compliance requirements, inadequate standard recommendations, and the need for deep expertise, leading to sub-optimal security and performance.
Innovation Solution
An automated security control configuration system that maps abstract input security information to specific configuration instructions using a knowledge base correlating security levels, industry verticals, compliance specifications, and technology components, enabling technology and product-agnostic configuration of security controls across different layers of the IT stack.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual configuration of security controls is performed by IT administrators, then customization to business requirements is possible, but complexity and expertise requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an automated security control configuration system as an intermediary between IT administrators and the complex security configuration tasks. This system includes a knowledge base that maps security levels, industry verticals, compliance specifications, and technology components to specific configuration instructions, thereby mediating the complexity and reducing the expertise required while maintaining customization capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of security configuration with an automated system. Instead of requiring IT administrators to manually navigate complex configuration settings, the system automatically generates configuration instructions based on input parameters such as security levels, industry verticals, and compliance specifications, substituting human expertise with an automated knowledge-based system.
2Reliability
If comprehensive security controls are implemented across all IT stack layers, then security improvement is achieved, but performance degradation may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by tailoring security controls to specific layers and components of the IT stack based on their individual security requirements and performance characteristics. Rather than applying uniform security measures across all layers, the system customizes security controls for each layer (hardware, firmware, software) and component based on the mapped configuration instructions, achieving optimal security-performance balance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes by adjusting security control parameters dynamically based on input parameters such as security levels, industry verticals, and compliance specifications. The system modifies configuration parameters (e.g., encryption strength, authentication mechanisms, access control policies) to optimize the balance between security and performance for each specific IT environment.
3Loss of time
If automated configuration system is implemented, then configuration time is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the security configuration system into distinct functional components: a knowledge base module for storing mapped configuration instructions, an automated configuration module for generating settings, and an interface for input parameters. This segmentation allows the system to manage complexity through modular design while providing automated configuration capabilities that reduce time consumption.
Data Source
AI summary
In some examples, a system receives input information relating to a security level for an information technology (IT) stack comprising a plurality of layers including a hardware layer and a software layer, where the input information is technology and product agnostic. The system discovers components of the plurality of layers of the IT stack, accesses a knowledge base that maps the security level and the discovered components to configuration instructions relating to security controls, and configures the IT stack with the security controls using the configuration instructions.