Reversible Security Risk Remediation via Credential Vaulting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cloud computing security systems lack the ability to reversibly remediate security risks, often requiring manual intervention to restore access after risk mitigation, which is inefficient and inconvenient for users.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented system and method for reversibly remediating security risks by determining and implementing policies for mitigation, monitoring for indicators of security risks, and automatically reversing remedial actions once the risk is mitigated, utilizing APIs and serverless services like AWS Lambda to provide automated and dynamic security management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional systems delete user passwords to remediate security risks, then security is improved, but user access is permanently lost requiring manual customer service intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing and storing user credentials (passwords, authentication factors) in a secure vault before they are deleted during remediation. This preliminary capture enables automatic restoration later without requiring manual customer service intervention, thus maintaining both security and ease of access restoration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system discards user credentials securely during remediation (deleting passwords to fix security risks) and then recovers them automatically from the secure vault when the security issue is resolved. This cycle of discarding and recovering enables temporary security measures to be reversed automatically, eliminating the need for permanent access loss or manual intervention.
2Reliability
If manual customer service intervention is required to restore access, then security control is maintained, but time and operational efficiency are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically restoring user credentials without requiring customer service representative involvement. The remediation system monitors security conditions, and when risks are resolved, it automatically retrieves stored credentials from the secure vault and restores user access, eliminating manual intervention and reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback mechanisms to monitor security risk conditions continuously. When the feedback indicates that security risks have been resolved, the system automatically triggers credential restoration. This closed-loop feedback control enables automatic decision-making for access restoration, reducing both time loss and maintaining security control.
3Productivity
If automated remediation is implemented, then operational efficiency is improved, but the ability to reversibly restore access is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary capture and storage of credentials in a secure vault before automated remediation deletes them. This preliminary action enables the automated system to reverse its own actions later, maintaining both high remediation efficiency and the adaptability to restore access when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements dynamic remediation where the level of security restriction can change automatically based on current risk conditions. Credentials can be temporarily deleted during high-risk periods and automatically restored when risks subside, making the remediation process adaptable and reversible while maintaining high operational efficiency through automation.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for reversibly remediating security risks, which monitor a network or system for security risks, and upon detection of one or more of risks, apply a remedial action applicable to at least partially remedy or mitigate the one or more detected risk. The network or system is monitored for a change to the detected risk(s), and upon detection of a change to the detected risk(s), the applied remediation action is automatically reversed.