Proxy Software Security Analysis for Compliant Data Traffic
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Solution Overview
Problem
Businesses face challenges in ensuring the security and compliance of their complex technology ecosystems, including secure data transmission and adherence to regulatory requirements, due to the difficulty in manually auditing and managing software components and data traffic across multiple systems.
Innovation Solution
A security analysis service provider (SASP) implements systems to catalog software ecosystems, monitor data traffic, identify vulnerabilities, and generate advice for remedial actions, operating as a proxy to secure and audit software interactions, and provide real-time data flow diagrams and risk scoring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual auditing and management of software components and data traffic is performed, then security and compliance can be ensured, but the complexity and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a security analysis service provider as an intermediary system that operates as a proxy between client computing systems and third-party services. This intermediary automatically analyzes service requests, evaluates data fields against expected data types, and identifies security vulnerabilities without requiring manual intervention from client systems, thereby ensuring security and compliance while reducing complexity for end users
Solution Approach 2:
The security analysis system performs self-service by automatically monitoring data traffic, evaluating service requests, identifying vulnerabilities, and generating risk mitigation advice without requiring agents installed on client machines. The system autonomously catalogs software ecosystems, detects irregularities in data transmission, and provides real-time security analysis, eliminating the need for manual auditing while maintaining high reliability
2Ease of operation
If security analysis is performed without agents on client machines, then ease of deployment is improved, but the depth of security monitoring may be limited
Solution Approach 1:
The security analysis service provider acts as an intermediary proxy that intercepts and analyzes service requests between client systems and third-party services. By positioning itself in the data transmission path, the system can perform deep security analysis of actual data traffic without requiring agents on client machines, thus achieving both ease of deployment and comprehensive monitoring capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent shifts the security monitoring approach from a client-side dimension to a network/proxy dimension. Instead of installing agents on individual client machines, the system monitors security from the data transmission channel, evaluating service requests as they pass through the proxy. This dimensional shift enables comprehensive security analysis while maintaining simple deployment
3Reliability
If real-time monitoring of data traffic is implemented, then security violations can be prevented, but system performance and processing speed may decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The security analysis system performs partial action by focusing its evaluation on specific critical aspects of service requests, such as data field types and expected formats, rather than analyzing every single byte of data traffic in exhaustive detail. This selective monitoring approach enables real-time compliance enforcement while minimizing the performance overhead on data transmission
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AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for software security analysis. In certain embodiments, a method may comprise identifying a set of potential security vulnerabilities, comparing the potential vulnerabilities to a catalog identifying elements on a client system, and generating risk mitigation advice based on potential security vulnerabilities matching an element in the catalog. The method may include evaluating a data field of a service request to a third party to determine an expected data type for the field, determining whether the actual data included in the service request matches the expected data type, and quarantining the service request when the actual data does not match the expected data type. The method may comprise operating as a proxy for the service request, including receiving the service request from the client system, evaluating the service request for irregularities, and forwarding the service request to the third party once the irregularities have been addressed.