Mesh Document System for Compliance Risk Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing complexity of electronic documents and ongoing modifications in risk mitigation techniques and guidelines for computer and network security make it challenging for governmental and business entities to implement and comply with risk mitigation measures effectively.
Innovation Solution
A content management system that enables the creation, transmission, and rendering of mesh documents with forward and backlinks, allowing for secure access, modification, and synchronization of electronic resources, while providing a user interface for authorized users to manage and propagate content according to access permissions and propagation rules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple electronic documents are created to address security risks and guidelines, then comprehensive risk mitigation coverage is improved, but document management complexity and difficulty of compliance implementation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple electronic documents into a single mesh document that integrates security risks, guidelines, controls, and compliance requirements. This consolidation reduces document management complexity while maintaining comprehensive risk mitigation coverage through interconnected content elements within the unified document structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The mesh document serves multiple functions simultaneously: it stores security guidelines, tracks compliance status, manages controls, and provides risk mitigation information. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate documents for each purpose, reducing overall document management complexity while improving comprehensive coverage.
2Reliability
If electronic documents are frequently updated to reflect new risks and mitigation techniques, then compliance accuracy is improved, but tracking and implementation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mesh document implements feedback mechanisms where compliance status, control effectiveness, and risk changes are automatically tracked and reflected in the document. This automated feedback system maintains compliance accuracy through frequent updates while reducing tracking difficulty by eliminating manual monitoring processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring the mesh document structure with templates for risks, controls, and guidelines. This preliminary setup enables efficient tracking and implementation of updates, as new information can be integrated into predefined structures rather than creating new tracking systems from scratch.
3Reliability
If comprehensive documentation of security controls and guidelines is provided, then compliance completeness is improved, but navigation and understanding difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mesh document segments comprehensive security information into distinct, interconnected elements such as controls, guidelines, risks, and compliance requirements. Each segment can be independently navigated and understood, yet remains linked to the overall compliance framework, maintaining completeness while improving navigability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimensional organization to compliance documentation by creating a mesh structure that allows navigation through multiple dimensions (controls, risks, guidelines, compliance status) rather than traditional linear document hierarchies. This multi-dimensional organization makes comprehensive information more accessible and easier to understand.
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AI summary
A content management system comprising one or more processing devices, a network interface, and a memory system configured to store programmatic instructions configured to cause the one or more processing devices to perform the following operations is described. An electronic document may be generated and rendered, where the content management system may configure the electronic document as a mesh document, with both forward links and backlinks to other electronic resources. The forward links and/or backlinks may be to local electronic resources or remote electronic resources. The mesh document may be transmitted to client device over an encrypted channel, and the client device may render the electronic document. In response to an activation of a forward or backlink, the corresponding resource may be accessed from a data store, transmitted via the encrypted channel to the client device, and the client device may render such resource.