Mitigation Action Set Aggregation for Cyber Threat Response
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing number of cybersecurity threats in computing environments leads to unwieldy management of mitigation actions, which can result in inefficiencies and potential harm if not addressed effectively.
Innovation Solution
Aggregating mitigation actions into optimized sets based on security controls, simulating different combinations, and performing these actions in batches to improve efficiency and reduce risk, while considering risk amplifiers and adverse effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If individual mitigation actions are addressed separately, then thoroughness of security coverage is improved, but management complexity and resource consumption increase exponentially
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual mitigation actions into aggregated mitigation action sets that can be managed and executed as unified groups. This aggregation reduces management complexity by consolidating numerous separate actions into fewer manageable sets while maintaining comprehensive security coverage through simulated validation of each set's effectiveness.
2Reliability
If more mitigation actions are implemented, then risk reduction is improved, but computing resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements simulated validation of mitigation action sets to identify the optimal subset of actions that achieves adequate risk reduction without implementing every possible mitigation action. This allows the system to perform sufficient validation to ensure effectiveness while avoiding the excessive resource consumption that would result from implementing all potential mitigation actions.
3Reliability
If comprehensive mitigation actions are performed, then security effectiveness is improved, but time and operational efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs simulated validation of mitigation action sets before actual implementation to pre-identify effective combinations of actions. This preliminary simulation phase allows the system to determine which mitigation action sets will be most effective, enabling faster and more efficient actual deployment without compromising security effectiveness.
4Productivity
If mitigation actions are aggregated into sets, then operational efficiency is improved, but granularity of control is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments mitigation actions into discrete, well-defined action sets that maintain internal granularity while enabling efficient aggregated management. Each mitigation action set contains specific, identifiable actions that can be individually understood and controlled, while the set structure enables efficient batch processing and validation through simulation.
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AI summary
A system and method for mitigating cyber threats. A method includes aggregating a plurality of mitigation actions into at least one mitigation action set with respect to at least one security control, wherein each mitigation action set includes a respective subset of the plurality of mitigation actions corresponding to a respective security control of the at least one security control; and performing the at least one mitigation action set via the at least one security control, wherein performing each mitigation action set includes sending a respective set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions sent for each mitigation action set causes a respective security control of the at least one security control to implement each mitigation action of the mitigation action set.