Network Security Tool Using Personalized Survey Intervals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Network security is threatened by user activities such as malware introduction, virus spread, and malicious intrusions, which are difficult to monitor and assess as users connect devices across multiple networks, often disabling security measures.
Innovation Solution
A network security tool surveys users at predefined intervals with customized questions and responses, storing and reporting user activities to improve network security by identifying and mitigating threats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users connect devices across multiple networks and disable security measures, then network accessibility and user convenience are improved, but network security deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous monitoring of user activities and security events, collecting data about device connections, security measure status, and potential threats. This feedback loop enables the system to detect security risks in real-time and respond appropriately, resolving the contradiction by maintaining security without restricting user convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary security system that acts as a mediator between users and the network. This intermediary monitors and assesses security risks without directly interfering with user operations, allowing users to maintain convenience while the system ensures security through background monitoring and threat assessment.
2Reliability
If comprehensive user activity monitoring is implemented to assess security threats, then network security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring system is divided into distinct functional modules: data collection components that gather user activity information, analysis components that assess security threats, and reporting components that generate security assessments. This segmentation reduces overall system complexity by making each component specialized and manageable while maintaining comprehensive security monitoring capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs automated monitoring and assessment mechanisms that operate independently without requiring constant human intervention. The automated collection of user activities, threat assessment algorithms, and generation of security reports enable the system to maintain high security reliability while keeping operational complexity manageable through self-service capabilities.
3Measurement precision
If periodic user surveys are conducted to assess security posture, then security assessment accuracy is improved, but user time and productivity are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system conducts security surveys at optimized intervals rather than continuously or too frequently. By determining appropriate survey frequencies based on network conditions and user patterns, the system maintains accurate security assessment while minimizing disruption to user productivity and time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring system selectively focuses on critical security parameters and high-risk user activities rather than monitoring every possible user action. This partial monitoring approach maintains sufficient security assessment accuracy while significantly reducing the time burden on users compared to comprehensive continuous monitoring.
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AI summary
A system includes a memory, a survey engine, and a reporting engine. The memory stores identifying information of a plurality of users. The survey engine determines a question to present to each user of the plurality of users and determines an interval for each user of the plurality of users. The determined interval for a first user of the plurality of users is different from the determined interval for a second user of the plurality of users. For each user, the survey engine communicates to that user, based on the stored identifying information, the determined question for that user according to the determined interval for that user and receives a response from each user of the plurality of users. The reporting engine generates a report based on the received response from the plurality of users.