Remediation Management Framework for Automated Software Compliance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Organizations face inconsistent analysis and remediation efforts due to reliance on manual actions for identifying and addressing compliance issues in software systems, leading to inconsistent solutions and high manual effort across various industries.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system for automated remediation of software systems using a remediation management framework, which receives configuration parameters defining types and levels of risk, authenticates detection services, scans systems of interest, and triggers corresponding automated remediation actions based on predefined options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual actions are used for identifying and developing remediation actions, then flexibility in handling compliance issues is maintained, but inconsistency in analysis and remedies occurs along with high manual effort
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automated self-service remediation where the remediation management framework automatically analyzes compliance issues, matches them with predefined remediation actions, and executes remediation without requiring manual human intervention for each issue, thereby ensuring consistent analysis and remedies while reducing manual effort
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the operational parameters from manual human analysis to automated computational analysis by using the remediation management framework to systematically evaluate compliance issues against predefined criteria and configuration parameters, ensuring consistent and repeatable remediation processes
2Reliability
If automated remediation is implemented, then consistency in remediation actions is improved, but system complexity increases due to framework integration
Solution Approach 1:
The remediation management framework serves as an intermediary layer between detection systems and source systems, standardizing the integration interface and automation logic within the framework itself rather than requiring complex modifications to existing detection and source systems, thereby managing system complexity centrally
Solution Approach 2:
The remediation management framework provides universal, multi-functional capabilities including automated analysis, remediation matching, execution, and verification that can be applied across different detection systems and source systems through standardized interfaces, reducing overall system integration complexity through reuse
3Productivity
If manual remediation processes are used, then system simplicity is maintained, but productivity in addressing compliance issues decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements preliminary action by pre-defining remediation actions and configuration parameters for various compliance issues before they occur. When detection systems identify issues, the framework immediately matches them with predefined remediation actions and executes them automatically, eliminating the need for manual analysis and development of remediation steps, thereby significantly increasing remediation speed
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects described herein may allow for the receiving, from a detection service, a plurality of configuration parameters, wherein each configuration parameter includes a type of a risk and an associated level of the risk, with a corresponding automated remediation action for each configuration parameter. A remediation management framework authenticates the detection service for access to the remediation management framework and initiates a scanning of a system of interest, based on the plurality of configuration parameters, by the detection service, to identify one or more risk findings. The remediation management framework receives the identified one more risk findings; and matches each of the one or more risk findings with the plurality of configuration parameters, which then triggers by the remediation management framework, the corresponding automated remediation action associated with each of the one or more risk findings.