Master Policy Management System for Centralized Enforcement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack the capability for a single entity to build, monitor, and enforce its own policies, particularly for protecting sensitive data, necessitating a comprehensive platform for policy management, governance, and delivery.
Innovation Solution
A master policy management system that creates policy templates, receives access and control settings, reviews and certifies policies, attaches metadata, and delivers them to a policy broker for enforcement, ensuring centralized policy management across multiple data sources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single entity builds policies independently, then policy customization is improved, but policy enforcement capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines policy building, monitoring, and enforcement capabilities into a single integrated platform. The system allows entities to create customized policies while simultaneously providing centralized enforcement mechanisms, resolving the contradiction between customization and enforcement capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The platform provides universal functionality where a single system can perform multiple functions: policy creation, policy monitoring, policy enforcement, and data protection. This multi-functional approach enables entities to both customize policies and reliably enforce them through the same system.
2Reliability
If centralized policy management is implemented, then policy enforcement capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments policy management into distinct functional modules: policy creation module, policy monitoring module, and policy enforcement module. This segmentation allows centralized management to be achieved through organized, manageable components rather than a monolithic complex system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a policy broker as an intermediary component that facilitates communication between the centralized management system and various data sources. This intermediary simplifies the overall system architecture by providing a standardized interface for policy enforcement across multiple systems.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple data sources are integrated, then policy coverage is improved, but duplicate policy creation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms that monitor existing policies across multiple data sources and provide information back to the policy creation process. This feedback loop enables the system to identify and prevent duplicate policy creation while maintaining comprehensive coverage across all data sources.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary actions by creating a master policy template that defines the standard structure and content before policies are applied to specific data sources. This preliminary template creation prevents duplicates by establishing a single source of truth for policy definitions that can be consistently applied across all data sources.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for policy management are described. In some implementations, a master policy management system can create a policy template in which all policies of a user can be built, monitored, and enforced. The master policy management system can create a taxonomy for the policy template and receive access and control settings for the policy template from the user. A user can generate policies in the policy template and the master policy management system can review and certify the policies based the accuracy of the policies. Once a policy is built, the master policy management system can review and certify the policy, provide a quality score for the policy, perform lifecycle management, record the policy use, and report alerts regarding the policy.