Security Coverage Visualization via MITRE ATT&CK Overlay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies face challenges in measuring, quantifying, and remediating cybersecurity risk in cloud environments, particularly in determining the coverage of security services against various threats.
Innovation Solution
The system provides a method to visualize security coverage by overlaying cybersecurity monitoring data onto the MITRE ATT&CK framework, using an interactive UI to display the coverage of threat techniques and offer remediation procedures for misconfigured security services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If comprehensive cybersecurity monitoring data is collected from multiple sources, then measurement precision of security coverage is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary visualization system that collects cybersecurity monitoring data from multiple sources (security services, cloud environment monitoring) and processes it through a standardized framework (MITRE ATT&CK). This intermediary layer aggregates complex data from various sources and presents it in a unified, manageable format, resolving the contradiction between comprehensive data collection and system complexity by mediating between raw data and final analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The visualization system employs a universal framework (MITRE ATT&CK) that can accommodate multiple data sources and security services through a common interface. This multi-functional approach allows the system to handle diverse cybersecurity data types (license information, monitoring data, threat intelligence) within a single unified system, improving measurement precision without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Loss of information
If detailed overlay of cybersecurity monitoring data on MITRE ATT&CK framework is provided, then information completeness is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the comprehensive cybersecurity information into hierarchical layers: MITRE ATT&CK framework techniques are divided into tactics and sub-techniques, with security service coverage displayed at each level. This segmentation allows users to navigate from high-level overview to detailed coverage information as needed, maintaining information completeness while improving ease of operation through progressive disclosure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds visual dimensions to the data presentation by overlaying security service coverage information onto the MITRE ATT&CK framework matrix. Coverage status, configuration correctness, and threat intelligence are represented through color-coding and visual indicators added to the framework structure, enabling comprehensive information display without overwhelming users through tabular complexity.
3Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If color coding indicators for coverage status are displayed, then ease of detecting and measuring is improved, but loss of information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color-coding to indicate security service coverage status and configuration correctness on the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Each technique and sub-technique displays color indicators showing whether security services are configured correctly, partially configured, or not configured. This visual encoding improves ease of detecting and measuring coverage status while preserving detailed information through hover tooltips and expandable views that reveal specific security service names and configuration details.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for visualizing security coverage based on MITRE ATT&CK framework include obtaining cybersecurity monitoring data for an organization where the cybersecurity monitoring data is from a plurality of sources including from cybersecurity monitoring of a cloud environment associated with the organization; providing an interactive User Interface (UI), wherein the UI overlays a catalog of known malicious tactics with the cybersecurity monitoring data; and responsive to one or more selections within the UI, providing information related to coverage of one or more threat techniques.