Automated IT User Behavior Rule Generation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for managing IT user behavior to minimize network security risks and protect proprietary data are inefficient, as they rely on manual enforcement of cybersecurity policies, which can lead to compliance gaps and increased cybersecurity threats.

Innovation Solution

Automatically generating cybersecurity rules from electronic documents using natural language processing (NLP) to monitor and enforce IT user behavior, including the extraction of textual indicators and generation of remedial actions for unapproved behavior.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual enforcement of cybersecurity policies is used, then implementation simplicity is maintained, but compliance monitoring efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompliance monitoring efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically extracts cybersecurity rules from electronic documents and generates monitoring rules without human intervention. The processor autonomously parses documents, identifies rules, and configures monitoring parameters, enabling the system to serve itself rather than requiring manual enforcement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical enforcement processes with automated electronic processing. Natural language processing algorithms and automated rule extraction systems substitute for human analysts who would manually review policies and configure monitoring tools.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Measurement precision

If automated rule generation from electronic documents is implemented, then compliance detection accuracy is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompliance detection accuracyVSAvoidrule generation time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary extraction and structuring of rules from electronic documents during off-peak times or as part of document ingestion processes. By pre-processing and organizing rule data before monitoring is needed, the system reduces real-time processing requirements while maintaining high detection accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11017687B2Information technology user behavior monitoring rule generation

Publication Date: 2021.05.25 ENT SERVICES DEV CORP LP

AI summary

Textual indicators are extracted from an electronic document. A rule for monitoring information technology user behavior is generated from the extracted textual indicators.