Reactive Audit Protection in Database Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current computer systems lack proactive enforcement of security rules, leading to delayed responses to unauthorized activities, as there is little interaction between security and audit mechanisms, making it difficult to prevent security threats in real-time.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that combines security and audit rules to proactively enforce security by generating audit records and modifying security parameters based on predefined conditions, allowing for immediate action to be taken when security modification rules are triggered.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If security rules are enforced reactively through manual analysis of audit records, then system administrators can identify security issues, but the response time is delayed and security threats cannot be prevented in real-time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements automatic feedback loops where audit records trigger security modification rules that dynamically adjust security parameters. When unauthorized activities are detected through audit logging, the system automatically responds by modifying security settings without requiring manual administrator intervention, thus eliminating the time delay between detection and response while maintaining reliable security enforcement.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures security modification rules that define predetermined responses to specific audit conditions. Before security threats materialize into actual breaches, the system has already established the response protocols, enabling immediate automated enforcement when triggering conditions are met, thereby preventing threats in real-time rather than reacting after delays.
2Device complexity
If security and audit mechanisms operate independently, then each mechanism can function with simple design, but there is little interaction between them making proactive security enforcement impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges previously independent security and audit mechanisms into an integrated system where audit records directly inform security modifications through defined rules. The audit subsystem and security enforcement subsystem are combined through a rule-based framework that automatically correlates audit findings with appropriate security responses, enabling proactive security enforcement while managing complexity through structured integration rather than chaotic coupling.
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AI summary
A method for proactively enforcing security in a computer system is provided. A plurality of security modification rules is stored for a system. A set of conditions is associated with each security modification rule. Based on one or more audit records generated for the system, the system determines whether the set of conditions associated with any security modification rule has been satisfied. If the system determines that the set of conditions associated with a particular security modification rule has been satisfied, then the system performs an action that modifies one or more security parameters associated with the system, where the action is associated with the violated security modification rule.