Proactive Intrusion Protection via Entity Blocking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Digital telecommunication networks and remote devices are vulnerable to intrusions, with users and institutions at risk of account intrusion, identity theft, and other malicious activities due to untrusted communication channels and anonymous entities attempting to access sensitive information.
Innovation Solution
A proactive intrusion protection system that uses a processor and memory to identify and block incoming and outgoing communications from compromising entities by analyzing data on remote devices, sending alerts and signals to prevent unauthorized access, and utilizing secure communication protocols to enhance security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If reactive notification systems are used to inform users of threats after they occur, then users receive awareness of security incidents, but the damage has already been done and prevention is not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by proactively identifying and blocking compromising entities before they can execute attacks. The patent monitors communications, analyzes patterns, and preemptively blocks malicious entities, transforming the security model from reactive notification to proactive prevention, thereby eliminating the time loss between threat occurrence and user awareness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous feedback loops by monitoring communications, analyzing entity behavior, and dynamically adjusting blocking decisions. The patent uses feedback from communication patterns and entity identification to continuously improve threat detection and prevention, enabling real-time adaptation to emerging threats rather than relying on static notification systems.
2Measurement precision
If comprehensive communication monitoring and analysis is performed to identify compromising entities, then intrusion detection accuracy is improved, but network traffic and processing demands increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by focusing monitoring and analysis resources on specific high-risk communication channels and entities rather than uniformly monitoring all traffic. The patent identifies and concentrates analytical efforts on communications involving identified compromising entities or suspicious patterns, reducing overall processing demands while maintaining high detection accuracy for critical threats.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs partial monitoring by selectively analyzing communications based on risk levels, entity identification, and communication patterns. Rather than comprehensively monitoring all network traffic, the patent applies analysis only to communications that meet specific risk criteria, thereby maintaining high detection accuracy for threats while reducing unnecessary processing of benign traffic.
3Reliability
If real-time alerting and blocking of incoming communications is implemented, then user protection against intrusions is enhanced, but system complexity and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces intermediary components that mediate between communications and users, including entity identification services, communication analysis modules, and blocking mechanisms. These intermediary layers handle the complexity of threat detection and prevention, shielding users from direct exposure to malicious entities while maintaining system manageability through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments intrusion prevention functions into distinct modular components: entity identification, communication analysis, threat assessment, and blocking actions. This segmentation allows each component to be independently developed, maintained, and optimized, reducing overall system complexity while enabling comprehensive real-time protection through coordinated operation of specialized modules.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for proactive intrusion protection comprises a memory operable to store data identifying a plurality of compromising entities, comprising at least one of a device identifier or a contact identifier, and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and operable to receive, from a remote application associated with a remote device and with the system, information regarding a source of the incoming communication. The processor is further operable to determine an entity associated with the source of the incoming communication and to determine that the entity associated with the source matches at least one of the plurality of compromising entities based on comparing the data identifying the plurality of compromising entities and the entity associated with the source of the incoming communication. Furthermore, the processor is operable to send to the remote application a signal configured to block the incoming communication.