Automated Security Compliance Scripting via Native OS Capabilities
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for determining compliance with software security guideline sets (SSGS) are inefficient and prone to inaccuracies due to reliance on manual evaluations and complex third-party software, which fail to keep pace with evolving cybersecurity threats, requiring a more rapid and automated approach to assess security status.
Innovation Solution
The method utilizes the native operating system's command line interface to create a Security Check Script (SCS) that automates the evaluation of a computer system's compliance with SSGS, reducing the need for additional software and leveraging existing embedded software functionality to simplify the evaluation process and provide a rapid, accurate assessment of security status.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual evaluation methods are used to determine SSGS compliance, then evaluation accuracy can be maintained through human judgment, but evaluation time and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables the computer system to self-evaluate its own compliance status with SSGS by executing scripts within its native operating environment, eliminating the need for external evaluators while maintaining accurate compliance determination through automated checks of system configurations, security settings, and policy adherence
Solution Approach 2:
Manual human evaluation processes are replaced with automated script-based systems that execute within the native operating system, substituting mechanical human judgment with algorithmic compliance checking that achieves both speed and accuracy through systematic automated assessment
2Productivity
If complex third-party software is deployed to automate compliance evaluation, then evaluation speed increases, but system complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The native operating system's existing command-line interface and scripting capabilities are leveraged to perform multiple functions including compliance evaluation, data collection, and reporting, eliminating the need for specialized third-party software while achieving rapid automated assessment through the system's built-in tools
Solution Approach 2:
The compliance evaluation functionality is extracted from complex external software systems and implemented directly within the native operating system using its existing scripting capabilities, removing the dependency on third-party tools and reducing overall system complexity while maintaining evaluation speed
3Measurement precision
If extensive code is used to perform automated compliance checks, then evaluation accuracy improves, but maintenance and update costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses the computer's native operating system and its built-in scripting environment to perform compliance self-assessment, eliminating the need for extensive external code while maintaining accurate evaluation through the system's inherent capabilities and reducing maintenance burden by leveraging already-supported native tools
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AI summary
A method and system for automating the evaluation of a computer system under a Software Security Guideline Set (SSGS) using the internal scripts and the script generating capability of the computer system under evaluation to perform much of the evaluation of the SSGS. The method and systems arranged in accordance therewith generate a security check script that adds automation to the otherwise laborious process of checking for compliance with an SSGS. By using the systems own software and script generating capabilities the computer system under review is in one sense using its own capability to check itself for compliance with an SSGS. The use of the software and data from the operating system of the computer system under review greatly simplifies the complexity of the programming necessary for such automation of SSGS compliance check, dramatically reducing the lines of code to perform such compliance evaluations. The information provided by this invention enables the owners of such systems to put them in a better state of operation.