Ownership Voucher Onboarding for Dynamic Platform Security Policies
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data processing systems face challenges in securely onboarding and managing security policies to ensure compliance with user and owner-specific requirements, leading to potential compromise and risk of attack.
Innovation Solution
A framework is implemented that restricts data processing systems to a secure state during manufacturing, using certificates to delegate authority and modify policies during onboarding, ensuring compliance with security frameworks by validating certificates signed by authorized entities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If data processing systems are restricted to a secure state during manufacturing with predetermined security policies, then system security and integrity are improved, but adaptability to user-specific security requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic security policies that can be modified during onboarding. The system transitions from static manufacturing-default policies to dynamic user-specific policies through the ownership voucher mechanism, allowing security configurations to adapt while maintaining integrity through cryptographic verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary security configuration during manufacturing with default policies, then prepares the infrastructure for later customization. The ownership voucher mechanism is pre-established to enable secure policy modifications during onboarding without compromising initial security posture.
2Adaptability or versatility
If security policies are modified during onboarding to comply with user requirements, then adaptability to user needs is improved, but system vulnerability to compromise deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The ownership voucher acts as a cryptographic intermediary that mediates between the manufacturing security state and user-specific security requirements. It provides a trusted mechanism for policy modification by verifying the identity of authorized entities through digital signatures, thus enabling adaptability while preventing unauthorized modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback through cryptographic verification of ownership vouchers. Each policy modification is verified against the voucher's digital signature, providing continuous security feedback that ensures only authorized entities can modify policies, thereby maintaining security while enabling necessary adaptations.
3Productivity
If predetermined security policies are deployed during manufacturing, then manufacturing efficiency is improved, but complexity of security management during onboarding deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments security management into distinct phases: manufacturing phase with default policies and onboarding phase with customization. The ownership voucher encapsulates user-specific security requirements, separating the complexity of policy management from the manufacturing process while enabling efficient bulk deployment with standardized initial configurations.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, devices, and methods for managing data processing systems are disclosed. The data processing systems may be capable of operating in various manners. To manage the data processing systems, onboarding processes may be performed to conform the operation of the data processing systems to meet the expectations of owners of the data processing systems. To manage security policies of the data processing systems during onboarding, ownership vouchers may be generated to provide data necessary for onboarding that defines security policies, hardware policies, and ownership of the data processing systems. The ownership voucher may be deployed to data processing systems during onboarding to reduce the likelihood of undesired use and/or interactions with the data processing systems.