Permission Verification Tags for Secure Access Requests
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cybersecurity measures are susceptible to vulnerabilities such as Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR), SQL Injection (SQLI), and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), which allow unauthorized access and data manipulation, and current access control systems struggle to effectively verify user permissions for all user access requests due to the complexity and scale of computing platforms.
Innovation Solution
A technique involving the application of verification tags to identified parameters within user access requests, followed by permission verification, ensures that user access is granted only after successful permission verification of these parameters, minimizing unauthorized access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If comprehensive permission verification is implemented for all user access requests, then access control security is improved, but system complexity and implementation cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the access control verification process into two distinct phases: authentication (verifying user identity) and authorization (verifying user permission). This segmentation allows the system to handle permission verification systematically rather than monolithically, reducing overall complexity while maintaining comprehensive security coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary permission verification before executing user access requests. By performing authorization checks in advance (before the actual data access operation), the system prevents unauthorized operations without needing complex real-time monitoring and response mechanisms during data processing.
2Reliability
If verification tags are applied to all parameters in user access requests, then unauthorized access is reduced, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The verification tag is applied to parameters before the permission verification logic executes. This preliminary tagging allows the system to quickly identify which parameters require permission checks without delaying the overall request processing, as the tagging operation is lightweight and performed in advance of the more time-consuming verification logic.
Solution Approach 2:
The verification tag acts as an intermediary marker between the incoming user access request and the permission verification logic. Instead of requiring complex real-time analysis of all request parameters, the tag serves as a simple intermediary signal that triggers the appropriate verification routine, significantly reducing processing time while maintaining security.
3Reliability
If existing access control systems are enhanced to verify all user permissions, then security against IDOR and SQL injection is improved, but architectural changes required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal permission verification mechanism that can handle multiple types of access control scenarios (read, write, delete operations) and protect against various vulnerabilities (IDOR, SQL injection, XSS) through a single unified approach. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized security modules for each vulnerability type.
Solution Approach 2:
The verification tag system enables the access control system to self-verify permissions automatically without requiring external security audits or manual code reviews for each access path. The system performs self-checks through the verification tags embedded in the request processing workflow, reducing the architectural burden of comprehensive security verification.
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AI summary
An example computing platform is configured to detect a request on behalf of a given user, the request comprising a parameter of a given type; determine that the parameter requires a permission verification; apply to the request a verification status indicator that indicates whether or not a permission verification has been successfully performed for the given user with respect to the parameter; perform a permission verification for the given user with respect to the parameter; either (i) leave the verification status indicator set to a first value if the given user does not have permission to embed scripts into the given type of parameter, or (ii) update the verification status indicator from the first value to a second value if the given user has permission to embed scripts into the given type of parameter; and grant or deny the request based at least in part on the verification status indicator.