Security Solution Integration Conflict Evaluation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Combining disparate security solutions for computer systems can lead to conflicts due to different authorities and configuration sharing, making it challenging to integrate existing security solutions effectively.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for evaluating the risk of conflict between fragmentary security solutions, which involves identifying and resolving conflicts at both the authority and configuration levels by using matrices to analyze relationships between authorities and security solutions, ensuring compatibility and reducing integration risks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If disparate security solutions are combined to satisfy multiple security requirements, then the coverage of security requirements is improved, but the risk of conflicts between solutions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs conflict risk evaluation before finalizing the integration of security solutions. By analyzing authority levels and configuration sharing relationships in advance, the system identifies potential conflicts before they manifest, allowing developers to resolve issues proactively and ensure reliable integration of multiple security solutions
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the evaluation results of conflict risk are used to guide the integration process. The system provides information about authority conflicts and configuration sharing issues back to the integration process, enabling iterative refinement and resolution of conflicts to achieve stable multi-solution integration
2Loss of time
If existing security solutions are integrated rather than designing new ones, then development time is reduced, but conflicts between different authorities and configurations arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary analysis of authority levels and configuration relationships before integrating existing security solutions. By evaluating potential conflicts in advance, the system prepares integration plans that account for authority hierarchies and configuration compatibility, reducing the complexity of the actual integration process
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary evaluation mechanism that analyzes and mediates between different security solutions before their final integration. This intermediary process assesses authority conflicts and configuration sharing issues, providing a structured approach to manage integration complexity while reusing existing solutions
3Productivity
If fragmentary security solutions share configuration data, then configuration efficiency is improved, but configuration level conflicts increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms that monitor configuration sharing relationships between fragmentary security solutions. When configuration conflicts are detected through the evaluation process, the system provides feedback to adjust configuration strategies, ensuring that shared configurations maintain consistency while preserving efficiency benefits
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AI summary
A method and a system for evaluation of risk of conflict between a number of integrating security solutions. In a computer system, a number of fragmentary security solutions are received. A set of the received fragmentary security solutions is integrated to form a composite security solution to satisfy a number of security requirements. In one aspect, the security requirements are established during a design of a computer system. A risk of conflict between the set of integrating fragmentary security solutions is evaluated. In another aspect, the risk of conflict between the set of integrating fragmentary security solutions exists at authority level and at configuration level. Conflict at authority level arises when different authorities control the same fragmentary security solution. Conflict at configuration level arises when integrating fragmentary security solutions share configuration data.