Risk Management System for Privileged Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users with access to production systems often inadvertently compromise security and integrity due to poor secure computing practices, which current systems fail to address effectively by relying solely on anti-virus software and lack of user awareness.
Innovation Solution
A risk management system that detects insecure user actions, reduces access privileges, provides tailored training sessions, and reinstates privileges only after completion of the training, ensuring users are educated on secure practices before restoring access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If anti-virus software is deployed on user workstations to detect and quarantine malware, then system security is improved, but users remain unaware of their insecure computing practices and the malware quarantine status
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by notifying users when their workstations are compromised or when malware is detected. The risk management system sends notifications to users about their security status, creating a feedback loop that addresses the awareness gap while maintaining security monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The risk management system acts as an intermediary between the anti-virus software and the user. It receives security status information from the anti-virus software and translates it into user-friendly notifications, bridging the gap between technical security measures and user awareness.
2Reliability
If user access privilege to production systems is restricted until training is completed, then system security is improved, but user productivity decreases due to access limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts user access privileges based on their security training completion status. Instead of static access control, the system modifies permissions in real-time according to the user's knowledge state, allowing full access when trained and restricted access when untrained, thus balancing security and productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system requires users to complete security training before granting access to production systems. This preliminary action ensures that users have the necessary security knowledge before potentially compromising system security, preventing security incidents before they occur.
3Reliability
If tailored training sessions are provided to users based on their insecure actions, then user security knowledge is improved, but system complexity increases due to training management requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides localized, targeted training sessions specific to each user's insecure actions rather than generic comprehensive training. Each user receives training tailored to their specific security gaps, making the training more efficient and the system less complex by focusing only on relevant security topics for each user.
Data Source
AI summary
Managing privileged system access may be performed by a risk management system controlling user access privilege to production systems. One example method of operation may provide at least one of detecting an insecure user action at a user device, reducing an access privilege of a user profile associated with the user device to one or more privileged production servers, providing the user device with an application based on the insecure user action, determining that an outcome associated with the application has been achieved, and re-instating the access privilege of the user profile.